Nahum 1:12

Overview - Nahum 1
The majesty of God in goodness to his people, and severity against his enemies.
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Nahum 1:12  (King James Version)
Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
 


Through, etc or, If they would have been at peace, so should
they have been many, and so should they have been shorn, and he should have passed away
yet.
2 Kings 19:35 2 Kings 19:37 ; Isaiah 10:32-34 ; 14:24-27 17:14 30:28-33 31:8 37:36

cut down
Hebrew shorn.
Isaiah 7:20

pass
15 ; Exodus 12:12 ; Isaiah 8:8 ; Daniel 11:10

I will
Isaiah 30:19 ; 51:22 60:18-20 Joel 2:19 ; Revelation 7:16