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.

He rebuketh the sea, and drieth it, and he drieth up all the rivers: Bashan is wasted and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon is wasted.

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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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