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Nahum 1:3

Nahum 1:3
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The Lord is slow to anger,.... He is not in haste to execute it; he takes time for it, and gives men space for repentance. Nineveh had had a proof of this when it repented at the preaching of Jonah,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The Lord is slow to anger - Nahum takes up the words of Jonah Jon 4:2 as he spoke of God’s attributes toward Nineveh, but only to show the opposite side of them. Jonah declares how God is “slow to…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

The Lord is slow to anger - He exercises much longsuffering towards his enemies, that this may lead them to repentance. And it is because of this longsuffering that vengeance is not speedily executed…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Nahum 1:2-8

Nineveh knows not God, that God that contends with her, and therefore is here told what a God he is; and it is good for us all to mix faith with that which is here said concerning him, which speaks a…