God is [a]jealous, and the Lord revengeth: the Lord revengeth: even the Lord [b]of anger, the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

The [c]Lord is slow to anger, but he is great in power, and will not surely clear the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind, and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:2 Meaning, of his glory.
  2. Nahum 1:2 With his he is but angry for a time, but his anger never assuageth toward the reprobate, though for a time he defer it.
  3. Nahum 1:3 Thus the wicked would make God’s mercy an occasion to sin, but the Prophet willeth them to consider his force and justice.

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