Nahum 1:8 BSB — MannaFest

Nahum 1:8

But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.

BSB

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ASV

But with an over-running flood he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

KJV

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

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Commentary

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Jerome

Commentary on Nahum (420)

(Verse 8.) And in the passing flood, he will bring about its destruction, and darkness will pursue his enemies. LXX: And in the passing flood, he will bring about its destruction: those who rise up against him and his enemies will be pursued by darkness.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

A particular application of this (as most interpreters think) to the destruction of Sennacherib and the Assyrian army, when they besieged Jerusalem, which was a very memorable and illustrious instance of the power both of God's justice and of his mercy, and spoke abundance of terror to his enemies and encouragement to his faithful servants,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

But with an overrunning flood - Bishop Newcome thinks this may refer to the manner in which Nineveh was taken. The Euphrates overflowed its banks, deluged a part of the city, and overturned twenty stadia of the wall; in consequence of which the desponding king burnt himself, and his palace, with his treasures. - Diodor. Sic., Edit. Wessel., p. 140, lib. ii., s. 27. Darkness shall pursue - Calamity. All kinds of calamity shall pursue them till they are destroyed.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּבְשֶׁ֣טֶף	u.ve.She.tef	and with a flood	H7858 →
עֹבֵ֔ר	'o.Ver	[which] passes over	H5674 →
כָּלָ֖ה	ka.Lah	complete destruction	H3617 →
יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה	ya.'a.Seh	he will make	H6213 →
מְקוֹמָ֑הּ	me.ko.Mah	place its	H4725 →
וְאֹיְבָ֖יו	ve.'o.ye.Vav	and enemies his	H341 →
יְרַדֶּף־	ye.ra.def-	he will pursue	H7291 →
חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃	Cho.shekh	darkness	H2822 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 13:13
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.
leads to
- Revelation 16:21
  And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 11:19
  Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake,…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 30:30
  And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
- Psalms 148:8
  lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,
Through
Isaiah 8:22
Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.
leads to
- Isaiah 5:30
  In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
- Matthew 8:12
  But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Through
Isaiah 28:17
I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.
leads to
- 2 Kings 21:13
  I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping…
Through
Job 30:15
Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
leads to
- Hosea 13:3
  Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Nahum

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Nahum