Nahum 1:1
Nahum · Old Testament · Chapter 1
“The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.”Nahum 1:1
What Does Nahum 1:1 Mean?
Nahum 1:1 is found in the book of Nahum, chapter 1, verse 1 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Nahum 1:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Jonah 1:2“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.”Zephaniah 2:13“And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.”Zechariah 9:1“The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.”Genesis 10:11“Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,”Isaiah 13:1“The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.”Jeremiah 23:33“And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.”Jeremiah 28:8“The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.”Jeremiah 50:18“Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.”Nahum 1:8“But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.”Nahum 2:8“But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.”Habakkuk 1:1“The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.”Deuteronomy 32:16“They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.”2 Kings 9:25“Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;”2 Kings 19:36“So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.”Isaiah 32:19“When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.”Isaiah 37:37“So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.”Nahum 3:7“And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?”Malachi 1:1“The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.”Isaiah 14:28“In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.”Isaiah 15:1“The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;”
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