Nahum 1:5

The mountains tremble before him, And the hills melt; The earth is moved at his presence, Yea, the world and all that dwell therein.

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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 rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, And drieth up all the rivers. Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, And the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

6Who can stand before his indignation, And who can abide before the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, And the rocks are cast down by him!

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Cross References

Job 26:11The pillars of heaven tremble And are confounded at his rebuke.

Psalms 29:5The voice of Jehovah breaketh the cedars; Yea, Jehovah breaketh the cedars of Lebanon;

Psalms 68:8The earth quaked, and the heavens dropped at the presence of God; This Sinai trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Psalms 98:7Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein;

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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