The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible Nahum 1:6
Who can stand before his indignation?
&c.] No creature
whatever; no man nor body of men; not Nineveh, and the inhabitants of
it; nor the whole Assyrian empire:
and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger?
not the great men of
the earth; not kings or generals of armies; not kingdoms and nations,
ever so numerous and powerful; but all must be consumed by him, who is
a consuming fire; see (Jeremiah 10:10) (Revelation 6:15-17) ;
his fury is poured out like fire;
or like metal that is melted by fire,
and poured out by the force of it; or like fire of lightning poured out
of the heavens, which is quick, powerful, and penetrating, and there is
no resisting it:
and the rocks are thrown down by him;
by the Lord, by his wrath and
fury; kingdoms that seemed as strong and immovable as rocks and
mountains are thrown down; as such have been by the force of fire
bursting from the midst of them, as Etna, Vesuvius, and others.
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