Nahum 1:8

New International Version

but with an overwhelming flood he will make an end of Nineveh; he will pursue his foes into the realm of darkness.

Cross References

Ezekiel 13:13

“ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: In my wrath I will unleash a violent wind, and in my anger hailstones and torrents of rain will fall with destructive fury.

Isaiah 28:17

I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line; hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie, and water will overflow your hiding place.

Isaiah 8:22

Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.

Zephaniah 2:13

He will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria, leaving Nineveh utterly desolate and dry as the desert.

Amos 8:8

“Will not the land tremble for this, and all who live in it mourn? The whole land will rise like the Nile; it will be stirred up and then sink like the river of Egypt.

Matthew 8:12

But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Matthew 7:27

The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

Nahum 2:8

Nineveh is like a pool whose water is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.

Nahum 1:1

A prophecy concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

Daniel 11:40

“At the time of the end the king of the South will engage him in battle, and the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots and cavalry and a great fleet of ships. He will invade many countries and sweep through them like a flood.

Daniel 11:22

Then an overwhelming army will be swept away before him; both it and a prince of the covenant will be destroyed.

Daniel 9:26

After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death 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.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings the darkness, before your feet stumble on the darkening hills. You hope for light, but he will turn it to utter darkness and change it to deep gloom.

Proverbs 4:19

But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.

Job 30:15

Terrors overwhelm me; my dignity is driven away as by the wind, my safety vanishes like a cloud.

Daniel 11:10

His sons will prepare for war and assemble a great army, which will sweep on like an irresistible flood and carry the battle as far as his fortress.

Job 40:11

Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at all who are proud and bring them low,

Isaiah 13:9

See, the day of the Lord is coming —a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger— to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it.

Isaiah 13:10

The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light.

Isaiah 28:2

See, the Lord has one who is powerful and strong. Like a hailstorm and a destructive wind, like a driving rain and a flooding downpour, he will throw it forcefully to the ground.

Jeremiah 51:64

Then say, ‘So will Babylon sink to rise no more because of the disaster I will bring on her. And her people will fall.’ ” The words of Jeremiah end here.

1 Samuel 2:9

He will guard the feet of his faithful servants, but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness. “It is not by strength that one prevails;

Isaiah 28:18

Your covenant with death will be annulled; your agreement with the realm of the dead will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge sweeps by, you will be beaten down by it.