Nahum 1:3
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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.The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
In other translations
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.The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
Hebrew words
יְהֹוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֶרֶךְ'erekh[is] long ofH750אַפַּיִם'apayimanger<s>H639וּגְדָלugedol-and great ofH1419כֹּחַkoachpowerH3581וְנַקֵּהvenakehand certainly <to leave unpunished>H5352לֹאlo'notH3808יְנַקֶּהyenakehhe will leave unpunishedH5352יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068בְּסוּפָהbesufah[is] in storm-windH5492וּבִשְׂעָרָהuvis'arahand in stormH8183דַּרְכּוֹdarkoway hisH1870וְעָנָןve'ananand [is] cloudH6051אֲבַק'avak[the] dust ofH80רַגְלָיו׃raglavfeet hisH7272
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- Isaiah 66:15For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.For behold, the LORD will come with fire— His chariots are like a whirlwind— to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
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