Nahum 1:4-5
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KJV
4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
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 Record — The Primal Sea at the time of the end
