Nahum 1:8
But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.
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In Context
7The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
Proverbs 4:19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
Isaiah 8:22Then 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.
Isaiah 28:18Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.
Ezekiel 13:13Therefore 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.
Daniel 11:10But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.
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 →