Nahum 1:4
He threatens the sea, and dries it up, and exhausts all the rivers: the land of Basan, and Carmel are brought low, and the flourishing trees of Libanus have come to nothing.
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Job 38:11And I said to it, Hitherto shall you come, but you shall not go beyond, but your waves shall be confined within you.
Psalms 106:9For he satisfies the empty soul, and fills the hungry soul with good things, 1
Psalms 114:5They have a mouth, but they + 114:5 Gr. will not. can’t speak; they have eyes, but they can’t see: 1
Isaiah 33:9The land mourns; Libanus is ashamed: Saron is become marshes; Galilee shall be + 33:9 Gr. manifest laid bare, and Chermel.
Isaiah 50:2Why did I come, and there was no man? why did I call, and there was none to listen? Is not my hand strong to redeem? or can I not deliver? behold, by my rebuke I will dry up the sea, and make rivers a wilderness; and their fish shall be dried up because there is no water, and shall 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 →