Nahum 1:5

The mountains tremble before him and the hills dissolve. The earth heaves before him, the world and all who live in it.

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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 rebukes the sea and dries it up and makes all the streams run dry. Bashan and Carmel are languishing and the bloom of Lebanon is withered.

6Who can stand before his wrath? Who can withstand the heat of his anger? His fierce fury pours forth like fire, he shatters rocks.

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Cross References

Psalms 29:5The Lord’s voice breaks the cedars, he breaks the cedars of Lebanon,

Psalms 68:8earth shook, the heavens poured rain at the presence of God, Sinai’s God at the presence of God, Israel’s God.

Psalms 98:7Let the sea and its fulness roar, the world and the dwellers upon 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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