Amos 9:5
And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that touches the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
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Psalms 46:6The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Psalms 144:5Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Isaiah 64:1Oh that you would rend the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might flow down at your presence,
Hosea 4:3Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwells therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
Micah 1:3For, behold, the LORD comes forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
Nahum 1:5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Matthew Henry on Amos 9:2-11
The Certainty of the Sinner's Doom. ( b. c. 784.) 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of… Read the whole commentary →