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Nahum Chapter 1

Nahum
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Nahum

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Nahum, a prophet, is sent to the proud city of Jerusalem to deliver a warning. He declares that the city will be taken and its inhabitants will be destroyed. The chapter stresses the danger of pride and the certainty of divine judgment.

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(1) The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
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Isaiah 13:1Isaiah 14:28Isaiah 15:1Isaiah 21:1Isaiah 22:1Isaiah 23:1Jeremiah 23:33Jeremiah 23:34Jeremiah 23:35Jeremiah 23:36Jeremiah 23:37Zechariah 9:1

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I Chronicles 29:29Revelation 22:19Ezekiel 43:3Jeremiah 23:38

(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.
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Exodus 20:5Exodus 34:14Deuteronomy 4:24Joshua 24:19Isaiah 42:13Ezekiel 38:18Ezekiel 39:25Joel 2:18Zechariah 1:14Zechariah 8:2Deuteronomy 32:35Deuteronomy 32:42

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Ezekiel 25:17

(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.
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Exodus 34:6Exodus 34:7Nehemiah 9:17Psalms 103:8Psalms 145:8Joel 2:13Jonah 4:2James 1:19Job 9:4Psalms 62:11Psalms 66:3Psalms 147:5

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Ezekiel 1:7Luke 7:38Revelation 13:2

(4) He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
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Job 38:11Psalms 104:7Psalms 106:9Psalms 114:3Psalms 114:5Isaiah 50:2Isaiah 50:3Isaiah 51:10Amos 5:8Matthew 8:26Joshua 3:13Joshua 3:14

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Isaiah 33:9Isaiah 42:15Isaiah 44:27Ezekiel 29:4Joshua 13:30II Kings 14:9

(5) The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
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II Samuel 22:8Psalms 29:5Psalms 29:6Psalms 68:8Psalms 97:4Psalms 97:5Psalms 114:4Psalms 114:6Isaiah 2:12Isaiah 2:13Isaiah 2:14Jeremiah 4:24

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John 15:19II Samuel 16:19Psalms 97:5Isaiah 65:7Ezekiel 6:3Ezekiel 36:4

(6) Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
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Psalms 2:12Psalms 76:7Psalms 90:11Isaiah 27:4Jeremiah 10:10Malachi 3:2Revelation 6:17Nahum 1:2Deuteronomy 32:22Deuteronomy 32:23Isaiah 10:16Lamentations 2:4

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Jeremiah 42:18John 15:4Isaiah 42:25Jeremiah 7:20Jeremiah 44:6Lamentations 4:11

(7) The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
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I Chronicles 16:34Ezra 3:11Psalms 25:8Psalms 100:5Psalms 136:1Psalms 136:2Psalms 136:3Psalms 136:4Psalms 136:5Psalms 136:6Psalms 136:7Psalms 136:8

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Isaiah 28:7Haggai 2:4

(8) 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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Isaiah 8:7Isaiah 8:8Isaiah 28:17Ezekiel 13:13Daniel 9:26Daniel 11:10Daniel 11:22Daniel 11:40Amos 8:8Amos 9:5Amos 9:6Matthew 7:27

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Job 10:22Job 28:3Matthew 6:23I John 2:11Daniel 9:26

(9) What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
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Nahum 1:11Psalms 2:1Psalms 2:2Psalms 2:3Psalms 2:4Psalms 21:11Psalms 33:10Proverbs 21:30Isaiah 8:9Isaiah 8:10Ezekiel 38:10Ezekiel 38:11

(10) For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
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II Samuel 23:6II Samuel 23:7Micah 7:4I Thessalonians 5:2I Thessalonians 5:3Nahum 3:11I Samuel 25:36II Samuel 13:28Jeremiah 51:39Jeremiah 51:57Psalms 68:2Isaiah 9:18

(11) There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.
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Nahum 1:9II Kings 18:13II Kings 18:14II Kings 18:30II Kings 19:22II Kings 19:23II Kings 19:24II Kings 19:25II Chronicles 32:15II Chronicles 32:16II Chronicles 32:17II Chronicles 32:18

(12) Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
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II Kings 19:35II Kings 19:37Isaiah 10:32Isaiah 10:33Isaiah 10:34Isaiah 14:24Isaiah 14:25Isaiah 14:26Isaiah 14:27Isaiah 17:14Isaiah 30:28Isaiah 30:29

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Jeremiah 4:30I Corinthians 7:30II Corinthians 7:8Joshua 17:18Job 16:6Job 20:12

(13) For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
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Isaiah 9:4Isaiah 10:27Isaiah 14:25Jeremiah 2:20Micah 5:5Micah 5:6Psalms 107:14Jeremiah 5:5

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Jeremiah 30:8Jeremiah 51:23Jeremiah 51:22Jeremiah 5:5

(14) And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
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Psalms 71:3Isaiah 33:13Psalms 109:13Proverbs 10:7Isaiah 14:20Isaiah 14:21Isaiah 14:22Exodus 12:12Leviticus 26:30Isaiah 19:1Isaiah 46:1Isaiah 46:2

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Leviticus 26:1Habakkuk 2:18Judges 17:3Judges 17:4Judges 18:14Judges 18:17

(15) Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
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Isaiah 40:9Isaiah 40:10Isaiah 52:7Luke 2:10Luke 2:14Acts 10:36Romans 10:15Psalms 107:8Psalms 107:15Psalms 107:21Psalms 107:22Psalms 116:12

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Isaiah 52:7Jeremiah 44:25Joshua 11:21Zechariah 6:1Ezekiel 1:7Luke 7:38

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