Nah 1:11 | JFB | STEP | 11. The cause of Nineveh's overthrow: Sennacherib's plots against Judah. come out of thee-- O Nineveh. From thyself shall arise the source of thy own ruin. Thou shalt have only thyself to blame for it. imagineth evil-- Sennacherib carried out the imaginations of his countrymen ( ) against the Lord and His people ( , ). a wicked counsellor-- literally, "a counsellor of Belial." Belial means "without profit," worthless, and so bad ( ; ).

‏ Nahum 1:11

11. The cause of Nineveh's overthrow: Sennacherib's plots against Judah.

come out of thee--O Nineveh. From thyself shall arise the source of thy own ruin. Thou shalt have only thyself to blame for it.

imagineth evil--Sennacherib carried out the imaginations of his countrymen (Na 1:9) against the Lord and His people (2Ki 19:22, 23).

a wicked counsellor--literally, "a counsellor of Belial." Belial means "without profit," worthless, and so bad (1Sa 25:25; 2Co 6:15).