Nahum 1:4
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He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.
In other translations
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.
Hebrew words
גּוֹעֵרgo'er[he is] rebukingH1605בַּיָּםbaiyam<in> the seaH3220וַיַּבְּשֵׁהוּvaiyabeshehuand he made dry itH3001וְכָל־vekholand allH3605הַנְּהָרוֹתhaneharotthe riversH5104הֶחֱרִיבhecherivhe dries upH2717אֻמְלַל'umlalit withersH535בָּשָׁןbashanBashanH1316וְכַרְמֶלvekharmeland CarmelH3760וּפֶרַחuferachand [the] blossom ofH6525לְבָנוֹןlevanonLebanonH3844אֻמְלָל׃'umlalit withersH535
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Related verses
- Psalm 106:9He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
- Isaiah 33:9The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
- Psalm 114:5What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,
- Isaiah 19:5-105 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. 6 And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. 7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more. 8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.5 The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty. 6 The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither. 7 The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more. 8 Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.
- Isaiah 50:2-32 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. 3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.2 Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst. 3 I clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.”
- Psalm 104:7At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—
- Isaiah 51:10Art 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?Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?
- Isaiah 44:27That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’
- Psalm 114:3The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;
- Joshua 3:13-1513 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. 14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; 15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)13 When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap.” 14 So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them. 15 Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,
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People and places
Places: Bashan, Lebanon, Mount Carmel