Micah 1:4
2 Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.
3 For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
5 All this is for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
6 Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
- KJV
- And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
- WEB
- The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place.
- ASV
- And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.
- DARBY
- And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters poured down a steep place.
- BLB
- And the mountains will melt under Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the face of the fire, like waters poured down on a slope.
- ÅB
- Fjellene smelter under ham,
og dalene revner —
som voks for ilden,
som vann når det øses ut over et stup. - OTB
- Fjellene vil smelte under ham,
Og dalene vil spalte seg som voks foran ilden,
Som vann som helles ned et bratt sted. - B1930
- Fjellene smelter under ham, og dalene revner - som voks for ilden, som vann når det øses ut over et stup.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Nahum 1:5
The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.
Read in contextPsalms 97:5
The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
Read in contextHabakkuk 3:6
He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
Read in contextJudges 5:4
O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
Read in contextHabakkuk 3:10
The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.
Read in contextAmos 9:5
The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn— all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—
Read in contextIsaiah 64:1–3
If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
Read in contextRevelation 20:11
Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
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