Nahum 1:4
Nahum · Old Testament · Chapter 1
“He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.”Nahum 1:4
What Does Nahum 1:4 Mean?
Nahum 1:4 is found in the book of Nahum, chapter 1, verse 4 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 1:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 89:9“Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.”Jeremiah 5:22“Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?”Psalms 106:9“He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.”Isaiah 33:9“The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.”Isaiah 50:2“Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.”Psalms 103:15“As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.”Hosea 4:3“Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.”Joshua 3:13“And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.”Psalms 74:15“Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.”Psalms 104:7“At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.”Psalms 114:3“The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.”Psalms 114:5“What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?”Isaiah 13:13“Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.”Isaiah 19:5“And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.”Isaiah 42:15“I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.”Isaiah 44:27“That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:”Isaiah 51:10“Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?”2 Samuel 22:16“And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.”Ezekiel 38:20“So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.”Amos 1:2“And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.”
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