Nahum 1:11

From you, O Nineveh, ¹  one has marched forth who plots evil against the Lord, a wicked military strategist. ² 

1Sa 2:12; 2Sa 20:1; 2Ki 18:13,14,30; 2Ki 19:22-25; 2Ch 13:7; 2Ch 32:15-19; Isa 10:7-15; Na 1:9

¹ tn The words “O Nineveh” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity. The preceding pronoun is feminine singular, indicating the personified city is in view. See 2:1 (2:2 HT).

² tn Heb “a counselor of wickedness”; NASB “a wicked counselor”; NAB “the scoundrel planner.”