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<sup>4 </sup>He rebuketh [[Yam|the sea]], and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
<sup>4 </sup>He rebuketh [[Yam|the sea]], and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
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'''The Jewish Study Bible Notes'''<br>
'''The Jewish Study Bible Notes'''<br>

Revision as of 09:45, 30 September 2019

BibleOld TestamentNahum
KJV

He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

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The Jewish Study Bible Notes
1.4: The sea, often considered a mythological place of chaos (cf. Isa. 27.1). Dries it up, as during the exodus (Exod. 14.21; Ps. 106.9).
1.5: For similar theophanic imagery, see Mic. 1.5; Isa. 13.13; Jer. 4.24; 2 Sam. 22.8 || Ps 18.8, among many others.

A Creation Text

The Primal Sea at the time of the end.

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