Nahum 1:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Nahum 1:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Nahum 1:8 is a verse from the book of Nahum in the Old Testament. Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Nahum 1:8 — NIV
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Cross-References for Nahum 1:8
“Though your people, Israel, be like the sand by the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overwhelming and righteous.”
Shares theme of divine judgment and destruction
“After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Messiah will be killed and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed.”
Shares theme of overwhelming destruction
“The days of punishment are coming, the days of reckoning are at hand. Let Israel know this! Because your sins are so many and your hostility so great, the prophet is considered a fool, the inspired person a maniac.”
Shares theme of impending judgment
“By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.”
Shares theme of destruction by a flood
“The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.”
Shares theme of destruction by a flood
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