Nahum 1:5
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.
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Gill's Exposition
The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt,.... As Sinai of old did, when the Lord descended on it, Exo 19:18. Mountains figuratively signify kings and princes; and hills large countries, as…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
The mountains quaked at Him, and the hills melted - As of their own accord. The words are a renewal of those of Amos Amo 9:13. Inanimate nature is pictured as endowed with the terror, which guilt…
Nineveh knows not God, that God that contends with her, and therefore is here told what a God he is; and it is good for us all to mix faith with that which is here said concerning him, which speaks a…
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