27 who says to the depths of the sea, “Be dry,”
and I will dry up your rivers;

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27 who says to the watery deep, ‘Be dry,
    and I will dry up(A) your streams,’

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Why was no one there when I came?
Why was there no one to answer when I called?
Is My hand too short to redeem?(A)
Or do I have no power to deliver?
Look, I dry up the sea by My rebuke;(B)
I turn the rivers into a wilderness;
their fish rot because of lack of water
and die of thirst.

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When I came, why was there no one?
    When I called, why was there no one to answer?(A)
Was my arm too short(B) to deliver you?
    Do I lack the strength(C) to rescue you?
By a mere rebuke(D) I dry up the sea,(E)
    I turn rivers into a desert;(F)
their fish rot for lack of water
    and die of thirst.

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He rebukes the sea so that it dries up,
and He makes all the rivers run dry.(A)
Bashan and Carmel wither;(B)
even the flower of Lebanon withers.
The mountains quake before Him,
and the hills melt;
the earth trembles[a][b] at His presence—
the world and all who live in it.(C)
Who can withstand His indignation?
Who can endure His burning anger?(D)
His wrath is poured out like fire,
even rocks are shattered before Him.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:5 Some emend to earth is laid waste
  2. Nahum 1:5 Lit lifts

He rebukes(A) the sea and dries it up;(B)
    he makes all the rivers run dry.
Bashan and Carmel(C) wither
    and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.
The mountains quake(D) before him
    and the hills melt away.(E)
The earth trembles(F) at his presence,
    the world and all who live in it.(G)
Who can withstand(H) his indignation?
    Who can endure(I) his fierce anger?(J)
His wrath is poured out like fire;(K)
    the rocks are shattered(L) before him.

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