Nahum 1:3

Easy To Read Version

The Lord is patient.\par But he is also very powerful!\par And the Lord will punish guilty people.\par He will not let them go free.\par The Lord \{is coming to punish bad people\}.\par He will use whirlwinds and storms\par to show his power.\par \{A man walks\} on the dust \{on the ground\}.\par But the Lord walks on the clouds!\par

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:10

The Lord tore open the sky and came down! He stood on a thick, dark cloud!

Nehemiah 9:17

They refused to listen.\par They forgot the amazing things you did with them!\par They became stubborn.\par They decided to return to Egypt\par and became slaves again!\par

Job 10:14

If I sinned, you would be watching me,\par so you could punish me\par for doing wrong.\par

Job 38:1

Then the Lord spoke to Job from a whirlwind. God said:

Job 9:4

God is very wise\par and his power is very great.\par No person can fight God and not be hurt.\par

Psalm 103:8

The Lord is compassionate and merciful.\par God is patient and full of love.\par

Psalm 104:3

God, you built your home above them. {\cf2\super [541]} \par You use the thick clouds like a chariot,\par and ride across the sky\par on the wings of the wind.\par

Psalm 145:8

The Lord is kind and merciful.\par The Lord is patient and full of love.\par

Psalm 147:5

Our Master is very great.\par He is very powerful.\par There is no limit to the things he knows.\par

Psalm 50:3

Our God is coming,\par and he will not keep quiet.\par Fire burns in front of him.\par There is a great storm around him.\par

Psalm 62:11

God says there is one thing\par you can really depend on\par (and I believe it):\par “Strength comes from God!”\par

Psalm 66:3

Tell God how wonderful his works are!\par God, your power is very great!\par Your enemies bow down.\par They are afraid of you!\par

Isaiah 19:1

The sad message about Egypt: Look! The Lord is coming on a fast cloud. The Lord will enter Egypt, and all the false gods of Egypt will shake \{with fear. Egypt was brave\}, but that courage will melt away like hot wax.

Isaiah 29:6

The Lord All-Powerful punished you with earthquakes, thunder, and loud noises. There were storms, strong winds, and fire that burned and destroyed.

Isaiah 66:15

Look, the Lord is coming with fire. The Lord’s armies are coming with clouds of dust. The Lord will punish those people with his anger. The Lord will use flames of fire to punish those people while he is angry.

Jeremiah 4:13

Look! The enemy rises up like a cloud.\par His chariots {\cf2\super [25]} look like a wind storm.\par His horses are faster than eagles.\par It will be very bad for us!\par We are ruined!\par

Daniel 7:13

“In my vision at night I looked, and there in front of me was a person that looked like a human being. {\cf2\super [78]} He was coming on the clouds in the sky. He came to the Ancient King, {\cf2\super [79]} and they brought him before him.

Hosea 8:7

The Israelites \{did a foolish thing\}—it was like trying to plant the wind. But \{they will get only troubles\}—they will harvest a whirlwind. The grain in the fields will grow. It will give no food. Even if it grew something, strangers would eat it.

Joel 2:13

Tear your hearts, not your clothes.” {\cf2\super [13]} \par Come back to the Lord your God.\par He is kind and merciful.\par He does not become angry quickly.\par He has great love.\par Maybe he will change his mind\par about the bad \{punishment he planned\}.\par

Jonah 4:2

Jonah complained to the Lord and said, “I knew this would happen! I was in my own country, and you told me to come here. At that time, I knew that you would forgive the people of this evil city. So I decided to run away to Tarshish. I knew that you are a kind God! I knew that you show mercy and don’t want to punish people! I knew that you are full of kindness! I knew that if these people stopped sinning, you would change your plans to destroy them.

Zechariah 9:14

The Lord will appear to them,\par and he will shoot his arrows like lightning.\par The Lord my Master will blow the trumpet,\par and the army will rush forward\par like a desert dust storm.\par

Numbers 14:18

You said, ‘The Lord is slow to become angry. The Lord is full of great love. The Lord forgives [184] people who are guilty and break the law. But the Lord always punishes people who are guilty. The Lord punishes those people, and he also punishes their children, their grandchildren, and even their great-grandchildren for those bad things!’ [185]

Matthew 26:64

Jesus answered, “Yes, I am. But I tell you, in the future you will see the Son of Man {\cf2\super [418]} sitting at the right side of God. And you will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven.”

James 1:19

My dear brothers and sisters, always be more willing to listen than to speak. Don’t become angry easily.

Revelation 1:7

Look, Jesus is coming with the clouds! Every person will see him, even the people who pierced {\cf2\super [4]} him. All people of the earth will cry loudly because of him. Yes, this will happen! Amen. {\cf2\super [5]}