Nahum 3:11 “You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge fro…”

Nahum 3:11

You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

World English Bible

You also will be drunken. You will be hidden. You also will seek a stronghold because of the enemy.

American Standard Version

Thou also shalt be drunken; thou shalt be hid; thou also shalt seek a stronghold because of the enemy.

Geneva Bible 1599

Also thou shalt bee drunken: thou shalt hide thy selfe, and shalt seeke helpe because of the enemie.

Darby Translation

Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid; thou also shalt seek a refuge from the enemy.

Young's Literal Translation

Even thou art drunken, thou art hidden, Even thou dost seek a strong place, because of an enemy.

Bible in Basic English

And you will be overcome with wine, you will become feeble; you will be looking for a safe place from those who are fighting against you.

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Cross references

“shalt be drunken”

Isaiah 49:26 Nahum 1:10 Psalm 75:8 Isaiah 29:9 Isaiah 63:6 Jeremiah 25:15–27

Isaiah 49:26 · BSB

I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Nahum 1:10 · BSB

For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.

Psalm 75:8 · BSB

For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.

Isaiah 29:9 · BSB

Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.

Isaiah 63:6 · BSB

I trampled the nations in My anger; in My wrath I made them drunk and poured out their blood on the ground.”

Jeremiah 25:15–27 · BSB

This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.

“thou shalt be hid”

Isaiah 2:10 Luke 23:30 Isaiah 2:19 Hosea 10:8 Revelation 6:15–17 1 Samuel 13:6

Isaiah 2:10 · BSB

Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.

Luke 23:30 · BSB

At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’

Isaiah 2:19 · BSB

Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.

Hosea 10:8 · BSB

The high places of Aven will be destroyed— it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

Revelation 6:15–17 · BSB

Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

1 Samuel 13:6 · BSB

Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.

“thou also”

Jeremiah 4:5 Nahum 2:1 Jeremiah 8:14

Jeremiah 4:5 · BSB

Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’

Nahum 2:1 · BSB

One who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!

Jeremiah 8:14 · BSB

Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.

12All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!

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