Nahum 1:5

The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is up heaved at his presence. Yea, the world, and all who dwell therein.

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In The King James Version

The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

In Context

4He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan languishes, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languishes.

6Who can stand before his indignation? And who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:18And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because LORD descended upon it in fire, and the smoke of it ascended as the smoke of a furnace. And the whole mount quaked greatly.

2 Samuel 22:8Then the earth shook and trembled, the foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.

Job 26:11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.

Psalms 29:5The voice of LORD breaks the cedars. Yea, LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

Psalms 68:8the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God, Sinai at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Psalms 98:7Let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof, the world, and those who dwell in it.

Matthew Henry on Nahum 1:3-9

The Judgment of Nineveh; The Awful Power of God. ( b. c. 710.) 2 God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. 3 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. 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel,… Read the whole commentary →

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