Nahum 1:4

Easy To Read Version

The Lord will speak harshly to the sea,\par and it will become dry.\par He will make all the rivers become dry!\par The rich lands of Bashan and Carmel become dry and dead.\par The flowers in Lebanon fade away.\par

Cross References

Genesis 8:1

But God did not forget about Noah. God remembered Noah and all the animals that were with him in the boat. God made a wind blow over the earth. And all the water began to disappear.

2 Samuel 22:16

Lord, you spoke strongly, a powerful wind blew from your mouth [139] {and the water was pushed back}. We could see the bottom of the sea. We could see the earth’s foundations.

Job 38:11

I said to the sea,\par ‘You can come this far, but no farther.\par This is where your proud waves\par will stop.’\par

Psalm 104:7

But you gave the command,\par and the water rushed away.\par God, you shouted at the water,\par and the water rushed away.\par

Psalm 106:9

God gave the command,\par and the Red Sea became dry.\par God led our ancestors through the deep sea,\par on land as dry as the desert.\par

Psalm 114:3

The Red Sea saw this and ran away.\par The Jordan River turned and ran.\par

Psalm 114:5

Red Sea, why did you run away?\par Jordan River, why did you turn and run away?\par

Psalm 18:16

The Lord reached down from above\par and saved me.\par The Lord caught me and pulled me out of\par deep water (trouble).\par

Psalm 74:15

You make the springs and rivers flow.\par And you make the rivers become dry.\par

Isaiah 33:9

The land is sick and dying. Lebanon {\cf2\super [302]} is dying and Sharon Valley {\cf2\super [303]} is dry and empty. Bashan {\cf2\super [304]} and Carmel {\cf2\super [305]} once grew beautiful plants—but now those plants have stopped growing.

Isaiah 42:15

I will destroy the hills and mountains.\par I will dry up all the plants that grow there.\par I will change rivers to dry land.\par I will dry up pools of water.\par

Isaiah 44:27

The Lord tells the deep waters,\par “Become dry!\par I will make your streams dry too!”\par

Isaiah 51:10

You caused the sea to become dry!\par You dried the waters of the great deep!\par You made the deepest parts of the sea\par into a road.\par Your people crossed over that road\par and were saved.\par

Ezekiel 30:12

I will make the Nile River become dry land.\par Then I will sell the dry land to evil people.\par I will use strangers to make that land empty.\par I, the Lord, have spoken!”\par

Ezekiel 38:20

At that time, all living things will quake (shake) with fear. The fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the wild animals in the fields, and all the little creatures crawling on the ground will shake with fear. The mountains will fall down and the cliffs will collapse. Every wall will fall to the ground!”

Amos 1:2

Amos said:\par The Lord will shout like a lion in Zion. {\cf2\super [2]} \par His loud voice will roar from Jerusalem.\par And the green pastures of the shepherds will turn brown and die.\par Even Mount Carmel {\cf2\super [3]} will become dry.\par

Matthew 8:26

Jesus answered, “Why are you afraid? You don’t have enough faith.” Then Jesus stood and gave a command to the wind and the waves. The wind stopped, and the lake became very calm.

Joshua 3:16

And immediately, the water stopped flowing. {The water filled behind that place like a dam.} The water piled high a long way up the river—all the way to Adam (a town near Zarethan). The people crossed the river near Jericho.