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Nahum 1:8

Judgment

6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble 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.>

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Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 13:13

    Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.

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  • Isaiah 8:22

    And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

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  • Isaiah 28:17

    Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

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  • Zephaniah 2:13

    And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.

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  • Amos 8:8

    Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

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  • Job 30:15

    Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

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  • Amos 9:5–6

    And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

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  • Proverbs 4:19

    The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

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