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Nahum

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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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Bashan

BASHANba'-shan (ha-bashan, "the Bashan"; Basan): This name is probably the same in meaning as the cognate Arabic bathneh, "soft, fertile land," or bathaniyeh (batanaea), "this land sown with wheat" ("wheatland").1. Boundaries:It often occurs with the article, "the Bashan," to describe the kingdom of Og, the most northerly part of the land East of the Jordan.... View Details

Carmel

CARMEL(1) A beautifully wooded mountain range running for about 13 miles in a south-easterly direction from the promontory which drops on the shore of the Mediterranean near Haifa, at the southern extremity of the plain of Acre, to the height of el-Machraqah which overlooks the plain of Esdraelon. On the top of the promontory, at a height of 500 ft. the mona... View Details

Lebanon

LEBANONleb'-a-non (lebanon; Septuagint Libanos; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Libanus):1. Name:Derived from the root labhen, "to be white," probably from the snow which covers its summits the greater part of the year. "White mountains" are found in almost every country. The light color of the upper limestone may, however, form a sufficient rea... View Details

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American Standard Version He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
King James Bible He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
Hebrew Greek English He rebuketh rebukes the sea, sea and maketh makes it dry, and drieth dry; He dries up all the rivers: rivers. Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower Carmel wither; The blossoms of Lebanon languisheth.wither.
New American Standard Bible 1995 He rebuketh rebukes the sea, sea and maketh makes it dry, and drieth dry; He dries up all the rivers: rivers. Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower Carmel wither; The blossoms of Lebanon languisheth.wither.