Nahum 1:10

Good News Translation

Like tangled thorns and dry straw you drunkards will be burned up!

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:28

and instructed his servants: “Notice when Amnon has had too much to drink, and then when I give the order, kill him. Don't be afraid. I will take the responsibility myself. Be brave and don't hesitate!”

Psalm 118:12

They swarmed around me like bees, but they burned out as quickly as a brush fire; by the power of the Lord I destroyed them.

Psalm 68:2

As smoke is blown away, so he drives them off; as wax melts in front of the fire, so do the wicked perish in God's presence.

Exodus 15:7

In majestic triumph you overthrow your foes; your anger blazes out and burns them up like straw.

Exodus 5:12

So the people went all over Egypt looking for straw.

Isaiah 27:4

I am no longer angry with the vineyard. If there were thorns and briers to fight against, I would burn them up completely.

Isaiah 47:14

“They will be like bits of straw, and a fire will burn them up! They will not even be able to save themselves— the flames will be too hot for them, not a cozy fire to warm themselves by.

Isaiah 5:24

So now, just as straw and dry grass shrivel and burn in the fire, your roots will rot and your blossoms will dry up and blow away, because you have rejected what the Lord Almighty, Israel's holy God, has taught us.

Isaiah 56:12

‘Let's get some wine,’ these drunkards say, ‘and drink all we can hold! Tomorrow will be even better than today!’”

Isaiah 9:18

The wickedness of the people burns like a fire that destroys thorn bushes and thistles. It burns like a forest fire that sends up columns of smoke.

Jeremiah 51:39

Are they greedy? I will prepare them a feast and make them drunk and happy. They will go to sleep and never wake up.

Jeremiah 51:57

I will make its rulers drunk— men of wisdom, leaders, and soldiers. They will go to sleep and never wake up. I, the king, have spoken; I am the Lord Almighty.

Micah 7:4

Even the best and most honest of them are as worthless as weeds. The day has come when God will punish the people, as he warned them through their watchmen, the prophets. Now they are in confusion.

Nahum 3:11

Nineveh, you too will fall into a drunken stupor! You too will try to escape from your enemies.

Malachi 4:1

The Lord Almighty says, “The day is coming when all proud and evil people will burn like straw. On that day they will burn up, and there will be nothing left of them.

1 Samuel 25:36

Abigail went back to Nabal, who was at home having a feast fit for a king. He was drunk and in a good mood, so she did not tell him anything until the next morning.