Nahum 1:8
But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
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In Context
7The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.
Isaiah 8:22then look to the earth and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.
Isaiah 28:18Your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand. When the overflowing scourge passes through, then you will be trampled down by it.
Ezekiel 13:13“‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “I will even tear it with a stormy wind in my wrath. There will be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to consume it.
Daniel 11:10His sons will wage war, and will assemble a multitude of great forces which will come on, and overflow, and pass through. They will return and wage war, 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 →