Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version This is what the LORD says: “Although they have allies and are numerous, they will be destroyed and pass away. Although I have afflicted you, Judah, I will afflict you no more. New Living Translation This is what the LORD says: “Though the Assyrians have many allies, they will be destroyed and disappear. O my people, I have punished you before, but I will not punish you again. English Standard Version Thus says the LORD, “Though they are at full strength and many, they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version Thus says the LORD: “Though they are safe, and likewise many, Yet in this manner they will be cut down When he passes through. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more; New American Standard Bible This is what the LORD says: “Though they are at full strength and so they are many, So also they will be cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no longer. NASB 1995 Thus says the LORD, “Though they are at full strength and likewise many, Even so, they will be cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no longer. NASB 1977 Thus says the LORD, “Though they are at full strength and likewise many, Even so, they will be cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no longer. Legacy Standard Bible Thus says Yahweh, “Though they are at full strength and likewise many, Even so, they will be cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no longer. Amplified Bible This is what the LORD says, “Though they are at full strength and many in number, Even so, they will be cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you and caused you grief [O Jerusalem], I will afflict you no longer. Christian Standard Bible This is what the LORD says: Though they are strong and numerous, they will still be mowed down, and he will pass away. Though I have punished you, I will punish you no longer. Holman Christian Standard Bible This is what the LORD says: Though they are strong and numerous, they will still be mowed down, and he will pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no longer. American Standard Version 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. Contemporary English Version But the LORD says, "Assyria, no matter how strong you are, you will be cut down! My people Judah, I have troubled you before, but I won't do it again. English Revised Version Thus saith the LORD: 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation This is what the LORD says: Though the people of Nineveh are physically fit and many in number, they will be cut down and die. Though I have humbled you, Judah, I will not humble you again. Good News Translation This is what the LORD says to his people Israel: "Even though the Assyrians are strong and numerous, they will be destroyed and disappear. My people, I made you suffer, but I will not do it again. International Standard Version This is what the LORD says: "No matter how strong they are, and no matter how numerous, they will surely be annihilated and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will do so no more. Majority Standard Bible 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. NET Bible This is what the LORD says: "Even though they are powerful--and what is more, even though their army is numerous--nevertheless, they will be destroyed and trickle away! Although I afflicted you, I will afflict you no more. New Heart English Bible Thus says the LORD: "Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so they will be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more. Webster's Bible Translation Thus saith the LORD; Though they are 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. World English Bible Yahweh 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThus said YHWH: “Though complete, and thus many, "" Yet thus they have been cut off, "" And he has passed away. Though I afflicted you, I afflict you no longer. Young's Literal Translation 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. Smith's Literal Translation Thus said Jehovah: If peace thus many, and thus they were shown and he passed through. And afflicting thee I will afflict thee no more. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThus saith the Lord: Though they were perfect: and many of them so, yet thus shall they be cut off, and he shall pass: I have afflicted thee, and I will afflict thee no more. Catholic Public Domain Version Thus says the Lord: If they had been perfect, and many of them so, yet still they would be pruned, and it will cross through them. I have afflicted you, and I shall afflict you no more. New American Bible Thus says the LORD: though fully intact and so numerous, they shall be mown down and disappear. Though I have humbled you, I will humble you no more. New Revised Standard Version Thus says the LORD, “Though they are at full strength and many, they will be cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThus says the LORD: Against the watersheds of many waters, they have run down and vanished; though I have humbled you, I will humble you no more. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Thus says LORD JEHOVAH concerning the sources of many waters: ”They have trickled and they have passed away, and though I have afflicted you, I shall afflict you no more OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thus saith the LORD: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, Even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away; And though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. Brenton Septuagint Translation Thus saith the Lord who rules over many waters, Even thus shall they be sent away, and the report of thee shall not be heard any more. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Oracle of Nineveh…11From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness. 12This 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. 13For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”… Cross References Isaiah 10:12 So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes. Isaiah 14:24-27 The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand. / I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.” / This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations. ... Isaiah 30:31 For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter. Isaiah 31:8-9 “Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor. / Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem. Isaiah 37:36-38 Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies! / So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. / One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place. Jeremiah 46:28 And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.” Ezekiel 31:10-14 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height, / I delivered it into the hand of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with it according to its wickedness. I have banished it. / Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it. ... Zephaniah 2:13-15 And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert. / Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar. / This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist. 2 Kings 19:35-37 And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies! / So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. / One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place. Psalm 46:8-10 Come, see the works of the LORD, who brings devastation upon the earth. / He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire. / “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.” Psalm 76:5-6 The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand. / At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned. Psalm 118:10-12 All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off. / They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off. / They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off. Matthew 11:28-30 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. / Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. / For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Luke 1:51-53 He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts. / He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble. / He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty. Romans 8:31 What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Treasury of Scripture Thus said 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 you, I will afflict you no more. Through, etc. 2 Kings 19:35,37 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses… Isaiah 10:32-34 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem… Isaiah 14:24-27 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: … cut down. Isaiah 7:20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a rasor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard. pass. Nahum 1:15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off. Exodus 12:12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. Isaiah 8:8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. I will. Isaiah 30:19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. Isaiah 51:22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: Isaiah 60:18-20 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise… Jump to Previous Afflict Afflicted Allies Although Cause Complete Cut Ended Full Likewise Numerous Past Quiet Strength Strong Trouble TroubledJump to Next Afflict Afflicted Allies Although Cause Complete Cut Ended Full Likewise Numerous Past Quiet Strength Strong Trouble TroubledNahum 1 1. The majesty of God in goodness to his people, and severity against his enemies.This is what the LORD says This phrase introduces a divine oracle, emphasizing the authority and certainty of the message. In Hebrew, "LORD" is "YHWH," the covenant name of God, underscoring His eternal and unchanging nature. This introduction assures the reader that the message is not from a human perspective but from the sovereign Creator, who is both just and merciful. Though they are strong and many they will still be cut down and pass away Though I have afflicted you I will afflict you no more Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew This is whatכֹּ֣ה ׀ (kōh) Adverb Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now the LORD יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel says: אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Though אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not they are allied שְׁלֵמִים֙ (šə·lê·mîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 8003: Complete, safe, at peace and numerous, רַבִּ֔ים (rab·bîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7227: Much, many, great yet וְכֵ֥ן (wə·ḵên) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 3651: So -- thus they will be cut down נָגֹ֖זּוּ (nā·ḡōz·zū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1494: To cut off, to shear a, flock, shave the hair, to destroy an enemy and pass away. וְעָבָ֑ר (wə·‘ā·ḇār) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on Though I have afflicted you, [O Judah], וְעִ֨נִּתִ֔ךְ (wə·‘in·ni·ṯiḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular Strong's 6031: To be bowed down or afflicted I will afflict אֲעַנֵּ֖ךְ (’ă·‘an·nêḵ) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular Strong's 6031: To be bowed down or afflicted you no לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no longer. עֽוֹד׃ (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more Links Nahum 1:12 NIVNahum 1:12 NLT Nahum 1:12 ESV Nahum 1:12 NASB Nahum 1:12 KJV Nahum 1:12 BibleApps.com Nahum 1:12 Biblia Paralela Nahum 1:12 Chinese Bible Nahum 1:12 French Bible Nahum 1:12 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Nahum 1:12 Thus says Yahweh: Though they be (Nah. 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