Nahum 1:5

The mountains shake in his presence, and the hills melt; 1 the earth collapses in his presence, indeed, the world and all people who live in it. 1

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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 makes it dry; he dries up all the rivers. 1 Bashan is weak, and Carmel also; the flowers of Lebanon are weak. 1

6Who can stand before his wrath? Who can resist the fierceness of his anger? 1 His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 19:18Mount Sinai was completely covered with smoke because Yahweh descended on it in fire and smoke. The smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.

2 Samuel 22:8Then the earth shook and trembled. 1 The foundations of the heavens trembled 1 and were shaken, because God was angry. 1

Job 26:11The pillars of heaven tremble 1 and are astonished at his rebuke. 1

Psalms 29:5The voice of Yahweh breaks the cedars; 1 Yahweh breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. 1

Psalms 68:8The earth trembled; 1 the heavens also dropped rain in God's presence, 1 in the presence of God when he came to Sinai, in the presence of God, the God of Israel. 1

Psalms 98:7Let the sea shout and everything in it, 1 the world and those who live in it! 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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