10 Like tangled thorn branches [gathered for fuel], And like those drowned in drunkenness, [5] The people of Nineveh are consumed [through fire] Like stubble completely withered and dry [in the day of the Lord's wrath].

11 From you [O Nineveh], One has gone forth who plotted evil against the LORD, A malevolent[6] counselor [the king of Assyria].

12 This is what the LORD says, "Though they are at full strength and many in number, Even so, they will be cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you and caused you grief [O Jerusalem], I will afflict you no longer.