OLD TESTAMENT

Nahum 1:3

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The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. The LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

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Verse 3. Cleanse. Literally, cleansing, he will not make innocent.” Bible.—The same expression is rendered, No man of himself is innocent before thee. Exodus 34:7. Calmet.—Septuagint “the innocent he will not deem innocent.” Bible.—No man is perfect in God’s sight, ( Calmet.) though they may appear to be such to others. Bible.—None can escape punishment, if he be treated with rigour. De Dieu translates, “he will not utterly evacuate,” or destroy, which seems very correct. Jeremiah 30:11. Numbers 14:18.—Dust. He walks upon them as we do on dry land.

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