Nahum 1:6

Who can stand before his indignation, And who can abide before the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, And the rocks are cast down by him!

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In The King James Version

Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

In Context

5The mountains tremble before him, And the hills melt; The earth is moved at his presence, Yea, the world and all that dwell therein.

7Jehovah is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; He careth for them that trust in him;

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Cross References

Job 9:5He removeth the mountains, and they know it not; He overturneth them in his anger.

Psalms 2:12Kiss the son, lest He be angry, and ye perish in your way; For soon shall his wrath be kindled. Happy are all they who seek refuge in him.

Psalms 76:8Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; The earth trembled and was still,

Isaiah 10:16Wherefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall send upon his fat ones leanness, And under his glory shall he kindle a burning, like the burning of a fire.

Isaiah 27:4There is no fury in me; But let me find the thorns and thistles in battle. I will go against them, And burn them up 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 →

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