Nahum 1:6
Who can stand firm before the face of his indignation? And who can continue against the fury of his wrath? His indignation has broken out like a fire, and the rocks have been dissolved before him.
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In Context
7The Lord is good, and a comforter in the day of tribulation, and he knows those who hope in him.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:22A fire has been kindled in my fury, and it will burn even to the deepest Hell, and it will devour the earth with its produce, and it will burn the foundations of the mountains.
Job 9:5He has moved mountains, and those whom he overthrew in his fury did not know it.
Psalms 2:12Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, and you would perish from the way of the just.
Psalms 76:8So then, will God reject for eternity? Will he not continue to allow himself to show favor?
Isaiah 10:16Because of this, the sovereign Lord, the Lord of hosts, will send leanness among his fat ones. And under the influence of his glory, a burning ardor will rage, like a consuming fire.
Isaiah 27:4Indignation is not mine. Who will be a thorn and a brier to me in battle? I will advance against them. I set them on fire together.
Matthew Henry on Nahum 1:3-9
The Judgment of Nineveh; The Awful Power of God. ( b. c. 710.) 2 God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. 3 The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel,… Read the whole commentary →