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Nahum 1:8

But with an overwhelming flood 1 He will make an utter end of her + 1:8 Ninevehʼs site, 1 and Hashem shall pursue His enemies into choshech. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7Hashem is tov, 1 a maoz (stronghold) in the Yom Tzarah; 1 and Hashem knoweth them that take refuge in Him. 1

9Whatever plot ye against Hashem, 1 Hashem will make an utter end of anyone doing it; 1 tzarah (affliction) will not arise a second time. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:9He is shomer over the feet of His chasidim, 1 and the resha'im shall be silenced in choshech; 1 for by ko'ach shall no ish prevail. 1

Proverbs 4:19The derech resha'im is as deep darkness; 1 they know not at what they stumble. 1

Isaiah 8:22And they shall look unto eretz; and, hinei, tzarah and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

Isaiah 28:18And your brit (covenant) with mavet shall be annulled, 1 and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; 1 when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, 1 then ye shall be trodden down by it. 1

Ezekiel 13:13Therefore thus saith Adonoi Hashem; I will even cause a ruach se'arot (storm wind) in My wrath; and there shall be an overflowing geshem in Mine anger, and great hailstones in My fury to destroy.

Daniel 11:10But his banim shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces; and he shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through; then shall he return, and shall stir himself up, even to 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 →

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