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Nahum 1:8–9

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But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
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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From verse 8

  1. Ezekiel 13:13Rank 1 from verse 8
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    13Therefore 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.

  2. Isaiah 28:17Rank 2 from verse 8
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    17Judgment 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.

  3. Isaiah 8:22Rank 3 from verse 8
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    22And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

  4. Amos 8:8Rank 4 from verse 8
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    8Shall 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.

  5. Amos 9:5–6Rank 5 from verse 8
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    5And 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.

    6It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.

  6. Job 30:15Rank 6 from verse 8
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    15Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

  7. Zephaniah 2:13Rank 7 from verse 8
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    13And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.

  8. 2 Peter 3:6–7Rank 8 from verse 8
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    6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

    7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

  9. Daniel 11:22Rank 9 from verse 8
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    22And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.

  10. Daniel 11:40Rank 10 from verse 8
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    40And 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.

  11. Daniel 9:26Rank 11 from verse 8
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    26And 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.

  12. Isaiah 8:7–8Rank 12 from verse 8
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    7Now 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:

    8And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

  13. Jeremiah 13:16Rank 13 from verse 8
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    16Give 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.

  14. Matthew 7:27Rank 14 from verse 8
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    27And 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.

  15. Matthew 8:12Rank 15 from verse 8
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    12But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  16. Nahum 1:1Rank 16 from verse 8
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    1THE burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

  17. Nahum 2:8Rank 17 from verse 8
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    8But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

  18. Proverbs 4:19Rank 18 from verse 8
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    19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

  19. Daniel 11:10Rank 19 from verse 8
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    10But 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.

From verse 9

  1. Psalms 21:11Rank 1 from verse 9
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    11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

  2. Proverbs 21:30Rank 2 from verse 9
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    30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.

  3. Psalms 33:10Rank 3 from verse 9
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    10The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

  4. 2 Corinthians 10:5Rank 4 from verse 9
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    5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

  5. Psalms 2:1–4Rank 5 from verse 9
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    1WHY do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

    2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,

    3Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

    4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

  6. Nahum 1:11Rank 6 from verse 9
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    11There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counseller.

  7. Ezekiel 38:10–11Rank 7 from verse 9
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    10Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:

    11And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

  8. Isaiah 8:9–10Rank 8 from verse 9
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    9¶ Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.

    10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

  9. Acts 4:25–28Rank 9 from verse 9
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    25Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

    26The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

    27For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

    28For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

  10. 1 Samuel 26:8Rank 10 from verse 9
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    8Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.

  11. 1 Samuel 3:12Rank 11 from verse 9
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    12In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.

  12. 2 Samuel 20:10Rank 12 from verse 9
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    10But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

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DEFINED WORDS

Nahum 1:8

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

utter

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1. To speak, declare, or make known. 2. Outermost or complete.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

end

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Sense 1: The last or concluding part, termination, or limit. Sense 2: A purpose or intended result. Sense 3: As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

place

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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

darkness

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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

pursue

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1. To follow or chase in order to overtake. 2. To seek after and continue earnestly toward an aim.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Nahum 1:9

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

utter

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1. To speak, declare, or make known. 2. Outermost or complete.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

end

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Sense 1: The last or concluding part, termination, or limit. Sense 2: A purpose or intended result. Sense 3: As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

rise

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To get up, stand, ascend, increase, begin, appear, come forth, awaken, proceed to act or oppose, attain authority, or return from the dead.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1:7The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

1:8But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

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1:9What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

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1:10For 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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