Nahum 1:5

The mountains have trembled before him, and the hills have become desolate, and the earth has quaked before his face, both the world and all that dwells 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 is the one who rebukes the sea, and who dries it up, and who leads all the rivers to the desert. Basan has been weakened, and also Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon has languished.

6Who can stand firm before the face of his indignation? And who can continue against the fury of his wrath? His indignation has broken out like a fire, and the rocks have been dissolved before him.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:18Then all of Mount Sinai was smoking. For the Lord had descended over it with fire, and smoke ascended from it, as from a furnace. And the entire mountain was terrible.

2 Samuel 22:8The earth was shaken, and it quaked. The foundations of the mountains were struck together and violently shaken, because he was angry with them.

Job 26:11The pillars of heaven tremble and are frightened at his nod.

Psalms 29:5Sing a psalm to the Lord, you his saints, and confess with remembrance of his holiness.

Psalms 68:8For because of you, I have endured reproach; confusion has covered my face.

Psalms 98:7He spoke to them in the pillar of the cloud. They kept his testimonies and the precept that he gave them.

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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