“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.”
Though 'slow to anger and great in power,' the LORD will not acquit the wicked—a profound theological statement balancing God's patience with His ultimate justice. This verse invokes the covenant formula (Exodus 34:6) while darkly reversing its conclusion: God's slowness to anger is not weakness but mercy extended until the cup of iniquity overflows. The declaration that He will not acquit (leave unpunished) means Nineveh's long-practiced evil finally exhausts divine forbearance.
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