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Nahum 1:8

Judgment

6 Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.

7 The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.

But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.

9 Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.

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

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.
KJV
But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
WEB
But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
ASV
But with an over-running flood he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
DARBY
But with an overrunning flood he will make a full end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
BLB
And with an overflowing flood, He will make a complete end of her place, and His enemies will pursue darkness.
ÅB
Men med en overskyllende flom skal han tilintetgjøre grunnen det[^1] står på, og mørket skal forfølge hans fiender.
OTB
Men med en overveldende flom,
vil han gjøre ende på stedet
og forfølge sine fiender inn i mørket.
B1930
Men med en overskyllende flom skal han tilintetgjøre grunnen det står på, og mørket skal forfølge hans fiender. / < Ninive.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 13:13

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.

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  • Isaiah 8:22

    Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.

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  • Isaiah 28:17

    I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.

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  • Zephaniah 2:13

    And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.

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  • Amos 8:8

    Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.

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  • Job 30:15

    Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.

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  • Amos 9:5–6

    The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn— all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—

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  • Proverbs 4:19

    But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.

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