Nahum 1:4
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers; Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Job 38:11And said: 'Thus far shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed'?
Psalms 74:15Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.
Psalms 106:9And He rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up; and He led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.
Psalms 114:5What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? thou Jordan, that thou turnest backward?
Isaiah 33:9The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is ashamed, it withereth; Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel are clean bare.
Isaiah 50:2Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is My hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at My rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness; their fish become foul, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
Matthew Henry on Nahum 1:3-9
The Judgment of Nineveh; The Awful Power of God. ( b. c. 710.) 2 God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. 3 The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel,… Read the whole commentary →