Nahum 1:8
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8 But with an overflowing flood
He will make an utter end of its place,
And darkness will pursue His enemies.
Amos 8:8
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8 (A)Shall the land not tremble for this,
And everyone mourn who dwells in it?
All of it shall swell like [a]the River,
Heave and subside
(B)Like the River of Egypt.
Isaiah 28:17
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17 Also I will make justice the measuring line,
And righteousness the plummet;
The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
And the waters will overflow the hiding place.
Ezekiel 13:13
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13 Therefore thus says the Lord God: “I will cause a stormy wind to break forth in My fury; and there shall be a flooding rain in My anger, and great hailstones in fury to consume it.
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Isaiah 8:22
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22 Then they will look to the earth, and see trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they will be driven into darkness.
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2 Peter 3:6-7
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6 (A)by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. 7 But (B)the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for (C)fire until the day of judgment and [a]perdition of ungodly men.
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- 2 Peter 3:7 destruction
Matthew 8:12
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12 But (A)the sons of the kingdom (B)will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
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Matthew 7:27
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27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
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Zephaniah 2:13
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13 And He will stretch out His hand against the north,
(A)Destroy Assyria,
And make Nineveh a desolation,
As dry as the wilderness.
Nahum 2:8
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8 Though Nineveh of old was like a pool of water,
Now they flee away.
[a]“Halt! Halt!” they cry;
But no one turns back.
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- Nahum 2:8 Lit. Stand
Nahum 1:1
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God’s Mercy and Judgment
1 The [a]burden (A)against Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
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- Nahum 1:1 oracle, prophecy
Amos 9:5-6
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5 The Lord God of hosts,
He who touches the earth and it (A)melts,
(B)And all who dwell there mourn;
All of it shall swell like [a]the River,
And subside like the River of Egypt.
6 He who builds His (C)layers[b] in the sky,
And has founded His strata in the earth;
Who (D)calls for the waters of the sea,
And pours them out on the face of the earth—
(E)The Lord is His name.
Daniel 11:40
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The Northern King’s Conquests
40 “At the (A)time of the end the king of the South shall attack him; and the king of the North shall come against him (B)like a whirlwind, with chariots, (C)horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter the countries, overwhelm them, and pass through.
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Daniel 11:22
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22 With the [a]force of a (A)flood they shall be swept away from before him and be broken, (B)and also the prince of the covenant.
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- Daniel 11:22 Lit. arms
Daniel 11:10
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10 However his sons shall stir up strife, and assemble a multitude of great forces; and one shall certainly come (A)and overwhelm and pass through; then he shall return (B)to his fortress and stir up strife.
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Daniel 9:26
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26 “And after the sixty-two weeks
(A)Messiah shall [a]be cut off, (B)but not for Himself;
And (C)the people of the prince who is to come
(D)Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
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- Daniel 9:26 Suffer the death penalty
Jeremiah 13:16
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16 (A)Give glory to the Lord your God
Before He causes (B)darkness,
And before your feet stumble
On the dark mountains,
And while you are (C)looking for light,
He turns it into (D)the shadow of death
And makes it dense darkness.
Isaiah 8:7-8
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7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over them
The waters of [a]the River, strong and mighty—
The king of Assyria and all his glory;
He will [b]go up over all his channels
And go over all his banks.
8 He will pass through Judah,
He will overflow and pass over,
(A)He will reach up to the neck;
And the stretching out of his wings
Will [c]fill the breadth of Your land, O (B)Immanuel.[d]
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- Isaiah 8:7 The Euphrates
- Isaiah 8:7 Overflow
- Isaiah 8:8 Lit. be the fullness of
- Isaiah 8:8 Lit. God-With-Us
Proverbs 4:19
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19 (A)The way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know what makes them stumble.
Job 30:15
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15 Terrors are turned upon me;
They pursue my honor as the wind,
And my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
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