Nahum 1:9

So, it is useless [RHQ] for you people of Nineveh to plot against Yahweh. He will not need to strike you two times to destroy you; he will destroy you by striking you only once.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8But he will get rid of his enemies; he will be to them like [MET] a flood that destroys everything. He will chase his enemies into the darkness of the place where the dead are.

10It will be as though his enemies are tangled in thorns, and they will stagger like people who have drunk a lot of wine. They will be burned up like [SIM] a fire completely burns up stubble/straw.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 26:8Abishai whispered to David, “Today Yahweh has enabled us to kill your enemy! Allow me to fasten Saul to the ground by thrusting my spear into him. It will be necessary for me to strike him only once. I will not need to strike him twice.”

Psalms 2:1◄Why do the leaders of nations rage against God?/It is foolish for the nations to be angry with God► [RHQ]. ◄Why do people plan to rebel against God even though it is in vain?/It is useless for people to plan to rebel against God► [RHQ]!

Psalms 33:10Yahweh frustrates the things that the pagan nations decide to do. He prevents them from doing the evil things that they plan to do.

Isaiah 8:9Listen, all you people in distant countries! You can prepare to attack Judah. You can prepare for battle, and shout your war-cries, but your armies will be crushed/shattered!

Nahum 1:11In Nineveh city there was a man who advised people to do very wicked things to Yahweh.

2 Corinthians 10:5Specifically, I show that the human arguments that they use to deceive people are completely wrong. When they proudly say things that keep other people from knowing God, I show them that they are completely wrong. I also enable people to change their ways of thinking so that they think about everything as Christ wants them to think.

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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