[a]Who can stand before his wrath? or who can abide in the fierceness of his wrath? his wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken by him.

The Lord is good [b]and as a stronghold in the day of trouble, and he knoweth them that trust in him.

But passing over as with a flood, he will utterly destroy the [c]place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:6 If all creatures be at God’s commandment, and none is able to resist his wrath, shall man flatter himself, and think by any means to escape, when he provoketh his God to anger?
  2. Nahum 1:7 Lest the faithful should be discouraged by hearing the power of God, he showeth them that his mercy appertain unto them, and that he hath care over them.
  3. Nahum 1:8 Signifying, that God will suddenly destroy Nineveh, and the Assyrians, in such sort as they shall lie in perpetual darkness, and never recover their strength again.

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