Nahum 1:8
But with an overwhelming flood will he make a full end of her place, And darkness shall pursue his enemies.
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In Context
7Jehovah is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; He careth for them that trust in him;
Cross References
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as thick darkness; They know not at what they stumble.
Isaiah 8:22And if they look to the earth, Behold distress and darkness, fearful darkness! And into darkness shall they be driven.
Isaiah 28:18And your covenant with death shall be broken, And your agreement with the under-world shall not stand; When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, By it shall ye be beaten down.
Ezekiel 13:13Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: 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.
Daniel 11:10But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of large forces; and one of them shall move onward, and overflow, and pass through, and shall again stir himself up to carry on the war even to his stronghold.
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 →