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Nahum 1:6

Who can stand before his wrath? Who can resist the fierceness of his anger? 1 His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him. 1

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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 shake in his presence, and the hills melt; 1 the earth collapses in his presence, indeed, the world and all people who live in it. 1

7Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he is faithful to those who take refuge in him. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled by my anger 1 and is burning to the lowest Sheol; 1 it is devouring the earth and its harvest; 1 it is setting on fire the foundations of the mountains. 1

Job 9:5he who removes the mountains without warning anyone 1 when he overturns them in his anger— 1

Psalms 2:12Kiss the son or he will be angry with you, 2 and you will die in the way when his anger burns for just a moment. 1 How blessed are all those who seek refuge in him.

Psalms 76:8From heaven you made your judgment heard; 1 the earth was afraid and silent 1

Isaiah 10:16Therefore the Lord Yahweh of hosts will send emaciation among his elite warriors; 1 and under his glory there will be kindled a burning like fire. 1

Isaiah 27:4I am not angry, Oh, that there were briers and thorns! 1 In battle I would march against them; I would burn them all together; 1

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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