Nahum 1:5

The mountains are shaking because of him, and the hills flowing away; the earth is falling to bits before him, the world and all who are in it.

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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 says sharp words to the sea and makes it dry, drying up all the rivers: Bashan is feeble, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon is without strength.

6Who may keep his place before his wrath? and who may undergo the heat of his passion? his wrath is let loose like fire and the rocks are broken open by him.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:18And all the mountain of Sinai was smoking, for the Lord had come down on it in fire: and the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a great burning; and all the mountain was shaking.

2 Samuel 22:8Then the earth was moved with a violent shock; the bases of heaven were moved and shaking, because he was angry.

Job 26:11The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words.

Psalms 29:5By the voice of the Lord are the cedar-trees broken, even the cedars of Lebanon are broken by the Lord.

Psalms 68:8\68:7\O God, when you went out before your people, wandering through the waste land; (Selah.)

Psalms 98:7Let the sea be thundering, with all its waters; the world, and all who are living 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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