Nahum 1:6

New Living Translation

Who can stand before his fierce anger? Who can survive his burning fury? His rage blazes forth like fire, and the mountains crumble to dust in his presence.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:11

“Go out and stand before me on the mountain,” the Lord told him. And as Elijah stood there, the Lord passed by, and a mighty windstorm hit the mountain. It was such a terrible blast that the rocks were torn loose, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

Job 26:11

The foundations of heaven tremble; they shudder at his rebuke.

Job 40:11

Give vent to your anger. Let it overflow against the proud.

Job 9:5

“Without warning, he moves the mountains, overturning them in his anger.

Psalm 130:3

Lord, if you kept a record of our sins, who, O Lord, could ever survive?

Psalm 2:12

Submit to God’s royal son, or he will become angry, and you will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities— for his anger flares up in an instant. But what joy for all who take refuge in him!

Psalm 76:7

No wonder you are greatly feared! Who can stand before you when your anger explodes?

Psalm 76:8

From heaven you sentenced your enemies; the earth trembled and stood silent before you.

Psalm 90:11

Who can comprehend the power of your anger? Your wrath is as awesome as the fear you deserve.

Isaiah 10:16

Therefore, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, will send a plague among Assyria’s proud troops, and a flaming fire will consume its glory.

Isaiah 13:13

For I will shake the heavens. The earth will move from its place when the Lord of Heaven’s Armies displays his wrath in the day of his fierce anger.”

Isaiah 27:4

My anger will be gone. If I find briers and thorns growing, I will attack them; I will burn them up—

Isaiah 33:14

The sinners in Jerusalem shake with fear. Terror seizes the godless. “Who can live with this devouring fire?” they cry. “Who can survive this all-consuming fire?”

Isaiah 66:15

See, the Lord is coming with fire, and his swift chariots roar like a whirlwind. He will bring punishment with the fury of his anger and the flaming fire of his hot rebuke.

Jeremiah 10:10

But the Lord is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King! The whole earth trembles at his anger. The nations cannot stand up to his wrath.

Jeremiah 21:12

This is what the Lord says to the dynasty of David: “‘Give justice each morning to the people you judge! Help those who have been robbed; rescue them from their oppressors. Otherwise, my anger will burn like an unquenchable fire because of all your sins.

Lamentations 2:3

All the strength of Israel vanishes beneath his fierce anger. The Lord has withdrawn his protection as the enemy attacks. He consumes the whole land of Israel like a raging fire.

Lamentations 2:4

He bends his bow against his people, as though he were their enemy. His strength is used against them to kill their finest youth. His fury is poured out like fire on beautiful Jerusalem.

Lamentations 4:11

But now the anger of the Lord is satisfied. His fierce anger has been poured out. He started a fire in Jerusalem that burned the city to its foundations.

Ezekiel 21:31

I will pour out my fury on you and blow on you with the fire of my anger. I will hand you over to cruel men who are skilled in destruction.

Ezekiel 30:16

Yes, I will set fire to all Egypt! Pelusium will be racked with pain; Thebes will be torn apart; Memphis will live in constant terror.

Ezekiel 39:6

And I will rain down fire on Magog and on all your allies who live safely on the coasts. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 7:8

Soon I will pour out my fury on you and unleash my anger against you. I will call you to account for all your detestable sins.

Nahum 1:2

The Lord is a jealous God, filled with vengeance and rage. He takes revenge on all who oppose him and continues to rage against his enemies!

Zephaniah 2:2

Gather before judgment begins, before your time to repent is blown away like chaff. Act now, before the fierce fury of the Lord falls and the terrible day of the Lord’s anger begins.

Malachi 3:2

“But who will be able to endure it when he comes? Who will be able to stand and face him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal, or like a strong soap that bleaches clothes.

Malachi 4:1

The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, “The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all.

Revelation 16:1

Then I heard a mighty voice from the Temple say to the seven angels, “Go your ways and pour out on the earth the seven bowls containing God’s wrath.”

Revelation 16:8

Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, causing it to scorch everyone with its fire.

Revelation 6:17

For the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to survive?”