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.

Cross-reference

Nahum 1:15 Parallel

Nahum 1:15 announces the peace and destruction that fulfills the promise of verse 12—affliction ceases and the wicked are gone.

Isaiah 10:32 depicts the Assyrian army shaking its fist at Jerusalem—the very threat that Nahum 1:12 promises will be cut off.

Isaiah 14:24-27 reveals God's unalterable purpose to break Assyria, directly paralleling Nahum's prophecy of them being cut down.

Isaiah 30:28-33 vividly depicts the Lord's judgment on Assyria with fire and rod, reinforcing the certainty of their end in Nahum.

Isaiah 31:8 Parallel

Isaiah 31:8 states the Assyrian shall fall by a non-human sword, matching Nahum's prophecy of their complete defeat.

Isaiah 37:36 Historical context

Isaiah 37:36 records the historical slaughter of 185,000 Assyrians, demonstrating the kind of sudden destruction Nahum prophesies.

Isaiah 10:34 uses the same 'cut down' imagery for Assyria's fall — the forest of Lebanon felled by God's axe.

2 Kings 19:35 Historical context

2 Kings 19:35 records God striking the Assyrian army—a similar divine judgment to the cutting down promised here, though earlier in history.

Isaiah 8:8 Contrast

Isaiah 8:8 describes the Assyrian flood reaching Judah's neck—Nahum 1:12 promises that same flood will be cut off and pass away.

2 Kings 19:37 Historical context

2 Kings 19:37 recounts Sennacherib's assassination—another example of God cutting down an Assyrian oppressor, like the judgment here.

Isaiah 17:14 Related theme

Isaiah 17:14 describes the sudden destruction of plunderers, echoing the cutting down of Assyria in Nahum, though the context is broader.