Nahum 1:12
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.
Context
This verse from Nahum Chapter 1 connects to 10 cross-references. A poem celebrating the Lord as a jealous and avenging God who is slow to anger but who will by no means clear the guilty. The theophanic imagery of withering sea, trembling mountains, and dissolving hills precedes the declaration that …
Other Translations
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.
Thus said Jehovah: Though complete, and thus many, Yet thus they have been cut off, And he hath passed away. And I afflicted thee, I afflict thee no more.
This is what the Lord has said: The days of my cause against you are ended; they are cut off and past. Though I have sent trouble on you, you will no longer be troubled.
Cross References
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land …
And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp …
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer …
In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, …
And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and …
As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter …
And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as …
For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who …
And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil …