Nahum 1:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

slow to anger. long-suffering. Reference to Pentateuch (Ex. Nah 34:6, Nah 34:7). App-92. Hebrew "Long of anger". The opposite of Proverbs 14:17. Compare Jonah 4:2.

great. Compare Job 9:4. and see the Structure "-3-5", above.

will not, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 34:7; Numbers 14:18).

acquit. clear, or hold guiltless.

Nahum 1:3

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.