Nahum 1:5

Mountains have shaken because of Him, || And the hills have been melted; And the earth [is] lifted up at His presence, || And the world and all dwelling in it.

Literal Standard Version

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 pushing against a sea, and dries it up, || Indeed, He has made all the floods dry, || Bashan and Carmel [are] languishing, || Indeed, the flower of Lebanon [is] languishing.

6Who stands before His indignation? And who rises up in the heat of His anger? His fury has been poured out like fire, || And the rocks have been broken by Him.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:18and Mount Sinai [is] wholly [in] smoke from the presence of YHWH, who has come down on it in fire, and its smoke goes up as smoke of the furnace, and the whole mountain trembles exceedingly;

2 Samuel 22:8And the earth shakes and trembles, || Foundations of the heavens are troubled, || And are shaken, for He has wrath!

Job 26:11Pillars of the heavens tremble, || And they wonder because of His rebuke.

Psalms 29:5The voice of YHWH [is] shattering cedars, || Indeed, YHWH shatters the cedars of Lebanon.

Psalms 68:8The earth has shaken, || Indeed, the heavens have dropped before God, || This Sinai—before God, the God of Israel.

Psalms 98:7The sea and its fullness roar, || The world and the inhabitants 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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