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    even in a rushing flood.
He will make a full end of his adversaries[a]
    and will pursue his enemies into darkness.(A)

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  1. 1.8 Gk: Heb of her place

    but with an overwhelming flood(A)
he will make an end of Nineveh;
    he will pursue his foes into the realm of darkness.

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13 Therefore thus says the Lord God: In my wrath I will make a stormy wind break out, and in my anger there shall be a deluge of rain and hailstones in wrath to destroy it.

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13 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: In my wrath I will unleash a violent wind, and in my anger hailstones(A) and torrents of rain(B) will fall with destructive fury.(C)

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17 And I will make justice the line
    and righteousness the plummet;
hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
    and waters will overwhelm the shelter.(A)

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17 I will make justice(A) the measuring line
    and righteousness the plumb line;(B)
hail(C) will sweep away your refuge, the lie,
    and water will overflow(D) your hiding place.

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22 or they will look to the earth, but they will see only distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, and they will be thrust into thick darkness.[a](A)

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  1. 8.22 Meaning of Heb uncertain

22 Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom,(A) and they will be thrust into utter darkness.(B)

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13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north
    and destroy Assyria,
and he will make Nineveh a desolation,
    a dry waste like the desert.(A)

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Assyria

13 He will stretch out his hand against the north
    and destroy Assyria,(A)
leaving Nineveh(B) utterly desolate
    and dry as the desert.(C)

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The Lord, God of hosts,
he who touches the earth and it melts,
    and all who live in it mourn,
and all of it rises like the Nile
    and sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt,(A)
who builds his upper chambers in the heavens
    and founds his vault upon the earth,
who calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out upon the surface of the earth—
the Lord is his name.(B)

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The Lord, the Lord Almighty—
he touches the earth and it melts,(A)
    and all who live in it mourn;
the whole land rises like the Nile,
    then sinks like the river of Egypt;(B)
he builds his lofty palace[a](C) in the heavens
    and sets its foundation[b] on the earth;
he calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  2. Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

Shall not the land tremble on this account,
    and everyone mourn who lives in it,
and all of it rise like the Nile,
    and be tossed about and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?(A)

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“Will not the land tremble(A) for this,
    and all who live in it mourn?
The whole land will rise like the Nile;
    it will be stirred up and then sink
    like the river of Egypt.(B)

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through which the world of that time was deluged with water and perished.(A) But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the godless.(B)

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By these waters also the world of that time(A) was deluged and destroyed.(B) By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,(C) being kept for the day of judgment(D) and destruction of the ungodly.

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12 while the heirs of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”(A)

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12 But the subjects of the kingdom(A) will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”(B)

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27 The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its fall!”

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27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

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Nineveh is like a pool
    whose waters[a] run away.
“Halt! Halt!”—
    but no one turns back.(A)

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  1. 2.8 Cn Compare Gk: Heb a pool, from the days that she has become, and they

Nineveh is like a pool
    whose water is draining away.
“Stop! Stop!” they cry,
    but no one turns back.

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An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.(A)

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A prophecy(A) concerning Nineveh.(B) The book of the vision(C) of Nahum the Elkoshite.

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The Time of the End

40 “At the time of the end the king of the south shall attack him. But the king of the north shall rush upon him like a whirlwind, with chariots and horsemen and with many ships. He shall advance against countries and pass through like a flood.(A)

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40 “At the time of the end the king of the South(A) will engage him in battle, and the king of the North will storm(B) out against him with chariots and cavalry and a great fleet of ships. He will invade many countries and sweep through them like a flood.(C)

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