Nahum 1:6
Who can stande before his wrath? or who can abide in the fiercenesse of his wrath? his wrath is powred out like fire, and the rockes are broken by him.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
7The Lord is good and as a strong hold in the day of trouble, and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:22For fire is kindled in my wrath, and shall burne vnto the bottome of hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountaines.
Job 9:5He remoueth the mountaines, and they feele not when he ouerthroweth them in his wrath.
Psalms 2:12Kisse the sonne, least he be angry, and ye perish in the way, when his wrath shall suddenly burne. blessed are all that trust in him.
Psalms 76:8Thou didest cause thy iudgement to bee heard from heauen: therefore the earth feared and was still,
Isaiah 10:16Therefore shall the Lord God of hostes send amog his fat men, leannes, and vnder his glorie he shall kindle a burning, like the burning of fire.
Isaiah 27:4Anger is not in mee: who would set the briers and the thornes against me in battel? I would go through them, I would burne them 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 →