Micah 1:4
2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
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.
5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
6 Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
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 at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Read in contextPsalms 97:5
The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Read in contextHabakkuk 3:6
He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
Read in contextJudges 5:4
LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
Read in contextHabakkuk 3:10
The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
Read in contextAmos 9:5
And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth 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.
Read in contextIsaiah 64:1–3
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
Read in contextRevelation 20:11
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
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