Nahum 1:5

Mountains quake in his presence; hills melt away. The earth trembles before him—the whole world and everyone who lives there.

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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 commands the sea and makes it dry; he dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon fades.

6Who can withstand his fury? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His rage pours out like molten fire; he shatters rocks to pieces.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:18Smoke poured out over the whole of Mount Sinai because the Lord's presence had come down like fire. The smoke rose up like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain shook furiously.

2 Samuel 22:8The earth shook to and fro; the foundations of the heavens trembled, shaking because of his anger.

Job 26:11The pillars of heaven tremble; they shake with fear at his rebuke.

Psalms 29:5the Lord's voice shatters the cedars, even breaking the cedars of Lebanon.

Psalms 68:8the earth quaked, and the heavens shook before God, the one of Sinai; before God, the God of Israel.

Psalms 98:7Let the sea and everything in it shout with praise, together with the earth and everything 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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