11 From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness. 12 This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer. 13 For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”
Nahum 1:11–13
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