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Nahum 1:7-9
Contemporary English Version
Nahum 1:7-9
Contemporary English Version
The Power of Assyria Will Be Broken
7 The Lord is good.
He protects those who trust him
in times of trouble.
8 But like a roaring flood,
the Lord chases his enemies
into dark places
and destroys them.[a]
9 So don't plot against the Lord!
He wipes out his enemies,
and they never revive.
Footnotes
- 1.8 the Lord chases his enemies … and destroys them: Or “the Lord chases Nineveh … and destroys her.”
Nahum 1:7-9
King James Version
Nahum 1:7-9
King James Version
7 The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
9 What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
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