Nahum 1:12
This is what the Lord says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer.
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.
Note Though…: 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
Note cut down: Heb. shorn
The Lord says: “Though they are in full strength and likewise many, even so they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.
Thus saith Jehovah: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Nahum 1:12
- Through, etc. or, If they would have been at peace, so shouldthey have been many, and so should they have been shorn, and he should have passed away. yet.
- 2 Kings 19:35, 37; Isaiah 10:32–34; Isaiah 14:24–27; Isaiah 17:14; Isaiah 30:28–33; Isaiah 31:8; Isaiah 37:36
- cut down
- Heb. shorn.
- Isaiah 7:20
- pass
- Nahum 1:15; Exodus 12:12; Isaiah 8:8; Daniel 11:10
- I will
- Isaiah 30:19; Isaiah 51:22; Isaiah 60:18–20; Joel 2:19; Revelation 7:16