Nahum 1:5

The mountains quake at him, and the hills are shaken, and the earth recoils at his presence, even the world, and all that dwell in it.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 threatens the sea, and dries it up, and exhausts all the rivers: the land of Bashan, and Carmel are brought low, and the flourishing trees of Lebanon have come to nought.

6Who shall stand before his anger? and who shall withstand in the anger of his wrath? his wrath brings to nought kingdoms, and the rocks are burst asunder by him.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:18The mount of Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because God had descended upon it in fire; and the smoke went up as the smoke of a furnace, and the people were exceedingly amazed.

2 Samuel 22:8And the earth was troubled and quaked, 1 And the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, 1 Because the Lord was wroth with them. 1

Job 26:11The pillars of heaven are prostrate 1 And astonished at his rebuke. 1

Psalms 29:5Sing to the Lord, ye his saints, 1 And give thanks for the remembrance of his holiness. 1

Psalms 68:8For I have suffered reproach for thy sake; 1 Shame has covered my face. 1

Psalms 98:7He spoke to them in a pillar of cloud; 1 They kept his testimonies, 1 And the ordinances which he gave them. 1

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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