Nahum 1:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abideb in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. ”

Nahum 1:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who can stand before His indignation? - This question appeals to our own consciences, that we cannot . It anticipates the self-conviction at every day of God’s visitation, the forerunners of the...
Nahum 1:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(g) 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. (g) If all creatures are at God's...
Nahum 1:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Avenging Wrath of Yahweh. Yahweh is a jealous and vengeful God sensitive to the honour of Himself and His people who marcheth through whirlwind and storm to save them from the enemy. Before His...
Nahum 1:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

abide . stand up. Compare Jeremiah 10:10 ; Malachi 3:2 .
Nahum 1:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet shows here why he gave in the part noticed in the last lecture, such an awful description of God; it was that men might know, that when they shall come before his tribunal, no one w...
Nahum 1:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1218 GOD A REVENGER OF SIN Nahum 1:2 ; Nahum 1:6 . God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he...
Nahum 1:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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.
Nahum 1:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. His fury is poured out like fir...
Nahum 1:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

God's Vengeance on His People's Enemies. Deliverance for Judah 1, 2. Superscription: 'Oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of prophesying of Nahum the Elkoshite.' A. theological intro...
Nahum 1:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(2-8) God’s character a pledge that the oppressor of His servants shall be destroyed.
Nahum 1:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE VENGEANCE OF THE LORD Nahum 1:1-15 THE prophet Nahum, as we have seen, arose probably in Judah, if not about the same time as Zephaniah and Jeremiah, then a few years later. Whether he prop...
Nahum 1:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Goodness and Righteous Anger Nahum 1:1-15 The native city of Nahum was Elkosh, near the Lake of Galilee. The name Capernaum means literally “the village of Nahum.” He lived about 150 year...
Nahum 1:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The prophet preceded the announcement of a verdict of vengeance by a section dealing wholly with Jehovah Himself. As to His character, He is a God of vengeance, and yet the central fact of His nature...
Nahum 1:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Prophet opens his sermon with the most striking text, such as the Lord himself opened his sermon with, when he preached before Moses. See Exodus 34:1-7 . It were to weaken the words of this sole...
Nahum 1:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Who can stand before his indignation ?.... No creature whatever; no man nor body of men; not Nineveh, and the inhabitants of it; nor the whole Assyrian empire: and who can abide in the fierceness...
Nahum 1:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 6. Who can stand before his ind...
Nahum 1:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry The rivers and the sea itself are dried up at his rebuke, as the Red sea and Jordan were of old; and the most pleasant and fruitful countries, such as Bashan,...
Nahum 1:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Judgment of Nineveh; The Awful Power of God. B. C. 710. 2 God is jealous, and th...
Nahum 1:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Who can stand before his indignation? since God can do all this, who among the Assyrians, who among the Ninevites, what kingdom or monarchy, is mighty enough to resist or defeat the counsel and pow...
Nahum 1:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Might and Character of God ( Nahum 1:2-8 ). The prophecy begins with an awesome and magnificent picture of the might and character of God. Nahum 1:2 ‘YHWH is a jealous God and avenges. YHW...
Nahum 1:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nahum 1:1 . The burden of Nineveh Nahum the Elkoshite. This refers to a village of Galilee, the native place of Nahum, who in point of talent was among the first of the Hebrew prophets. Yet nothin...
Nahum 1:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

He rebuketh the sea. God’s power Here is a description of God’s power unrivalled in its sublimity and soul-stirring force. Power belongeth unto God. It is absolute, inexhaustible, ever and ever...
Nahum 1:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Nahum 1:1-34 Part I. THE JUDGMENT UPON NINEVEH DECREED BY GOD . Nahum 1:1 § 1. The heading of the book. The book has a double title, the first giving the obj...
Nahum 1:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Divine Counsel Concerning the Judgment upon Nineveh. God, who is at the same time the God of the covenant and the almighty Sovereign of the universe, states that He has fully decided to bring...
Nahum 1:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:22 ; Deuteronomy 32:23 ; Ezekiel 30:16 ; Isaiah 10:16 ; Isaiah 27:4 ; Jeremiah 10:10 ; Lamentations 2:4 ; Lamentations 4:11 ; Malachi 3:2 ; Nahum 1:2 ; Psalms 2:12 ; Psalms...

Nahum 1:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nahum 1:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Nahum 1:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 1:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Nahum 1:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 1:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Nahum 1:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nahum 1:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nahum 1:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 1:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nahum 1:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nahum 1:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nahum 1:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nahum 1:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nahum 1:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nahum 1:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nahum 1:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nahum 1:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nahum 1:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nahum 1:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 1:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nahum 1:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nahum 1:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nahum 1:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nahum 1:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge