Nahum 1:5

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The mountains quake before him and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, the world and all who live in it.

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  • Mic 1:4 : 4 The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split open like wax before the fire, like water cascading down a slope.
  • Jer 4:24 : 24 I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
  • 2 Sam 22:8 : 8 Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and shook because he was angry.
  • Judg 5:5 : 5 The mountains melted before the Lord, even Sinai, before the Lord, the God of Israel.
  • Ps 68:8 : 8 God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wilderness—Selah.
  • Ps 97:4-5 : 4 His lightnings light up the world; the earth sees and trembles. 5 The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth.
  • Isa 64:1-2 : 1 Oh, that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence— 2 As fire kindles brushwood and causes water to boil, make your name known to your adversaries, so that the nations may tremble at your presence.
  • Hab 3:10 : 10 The mountains saw You and writhed. Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its hands high.
  • Matt 27:51 : 51 Suddenly, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth quaked, and the rocks were split.
  • Matt 28:2 : 2 Suddenly, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven. Approaching the tomb, he rolled away the stone and sat on it.
  • 2 Pet 3:7-9 : 7 But by the same word, the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and the destruction of ungodly people. 8 But do not let this one thing escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. 9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wanting any to perish but for all to come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; on that day the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. 11 Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 Looking forward to and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens, being set on fire, will be dissolved, and the elements will melt with intense heat.
  • Rev 20:11 : 11 Then I saw a great white throne and the one seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.
  • Ps 98:7 : 7 Let the sea and everything in it roar, the world and all who dwell in it.
  • Ps 114:4 : 4 The mountains leaped like rams, the hills like lambs.
  • Ps 114:6 : 6 Mountains, why do you leap like rams, and hills, like lambs?
  • Isa 2:12-14 : 12 For the day of the Lord of hosts will come against all who are proud and arrogant, against all who are exalted—they will be humbled. 13 It will come against all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty, and against all the oaks of Bashan. 14 It will come against all the high mountains and against all the lofty hills.
  • Exod 19:18 : 18 Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire. Its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.
  • Ps 29:5-6 : 5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon. 6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, Sirion like a young wild ox.
  • Ps 46:6 : 6 God is within her, she will not be moved; God will help her at the break of dawn.

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    6Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are shattered before him.

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  • Ps 18:7-8
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    8Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and shook because he was angry.

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    20The fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, every creature that moves along the ground, and all the people on the face of the earth will tremble at my presence. The mountains will be overturned, the cliffs will crumble, and every wall will fall to the ground.

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    21They will go into the crevices of the rocks and the clefts of the crags, hiding from the terror of the Lord and the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to terrify the earth.

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    1Oh, that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence—

    2As fire kindles brushwood and causes water to boil, make your name known to your adversaries, so that the nations may tremble at your presence.

    3From ancient times, no ear has heard, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.

  • Jer 4:24
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    24I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.

  • Job 9:5-6
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    6Mountains, why do you leap like rams, and hills, like lambs?

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    5Lord, bend down Your heavens and come down; touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

  • Deut 32:22
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    22For a fire has been kindled in My wrath, and it burns to the depths of Sheol. It consumes the earth and its produce and sets ablaze the foundations of the mountains.

  • Ps 148:8
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    8God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wilderness—Selah.

  • Exod 19:18
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  • Rev 6:14
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  • Ps 77:18
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    18The clouds poured out water; the skies gave forth sound; Your arrows flashed back and forth.

  • Isa 2:19
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  • Isa 30:30
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  • Isa 13:13
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