Passage

Counsel against the Lord

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

¹¹One has gone out of you who devises evil against the LORD, who counsels wickedness.

Nahum 1:11World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The prophecy describes someone who plots evil against the Lord and counsels wickedness.

Images of entangled thorns and dry stubble precede the accusation. The Lord then says they will be cut down despite their number.

Against whom is the evil being planned?