Nahum 1:8 KJV
But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
Matthew Henry
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Thompson Chains
- Darkness (3)See the chain from Job 18:5 · 3 links
- God's EnemiesSee the chain from Exodus 15:6 · 8 links
- End of the WickedSee the chain from Psalms 37:38 · 11 links
Parallel Passages
- Isaiah 28:2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
- Amos 8:8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Isaiah 8:22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
- Isaiah 28:17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
- Amos 8:8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
- Job 30:15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
- Proverbs 4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
- Isaiah 8:7–8 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: …
- Jeremiah 13:16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
- Ezekiel 13:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; 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 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
- Daniel 11:10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.
- Daniel 11:22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
- Daniel 11:40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
- Amos 9:5–6 And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. …
- Nahum 1:1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
- Nahum 2:8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
- Zephaniah 2:13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
- Matthew 7:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
- Matthew 8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- 2 Peter 3:6–7 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: …
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Topics
- Assyria Prophecies concerning
- Nahum Prophesies against the Assyrians; declares the majesty of God and his care for his people
- Name Intercessional influence of the name of Jesus, for his people
- Nineveh Nahum prophesies against
- Wicked (people) Punishment of
Hebrew and Strong’s
- But with an overrunning עֹבֵר ʿōbēr עָבַר Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular
- flood וּבְשֶׁטֶף ûbĕšeṭep שֶׁטֶף Noun · masculine singular · with and, preposition
- he will make יַעֲשֶׂה yaʿăśê עָשָׂה Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
- an utter end כָּלָה kālâ כָּלָה Noun · feminine singular
- of the place מְקוֹמָהּ mĕqômāh מָקוֹם Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person feminine singular
- thereof, and darkness חֹשֶׁךְ ḥōšek חֹשֶׁךְ Noun · masculine singular
- shall pursue יְרַדֶּף yĕraddep רָדַף Verb · piel imperfect, third person masculine singular
- his enemies וְאֹיְבָיו wĕʾōyĕbāyw אֹיֵב Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural construct · with and, suffix: third person masculine singular
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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