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Nahum 1:5 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 5. 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.
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Role in This Section
Extends the theophany from waters and fertile regions to mountains, hills, earth, world, and inhabitants convulsing before the LORD.
Read It With
- Nahum 1:2-8
Read Nahum 1:5 with 1:2-8. Extends the theophany from waters and fertile regions to mountains, hills, earth, world, and inhabitants convulsing before the LORD. The complete unit establishes this movement: The poem holds together the LORD's zealous opposition to enemies, restraint in anger, irresistible power over creation, goodness toward those who seek refuge, and decisive judgment against the enemy's place.
Read Nahum 1:2–8 together
Why these verses belong together: Jealousy, patience, creation-scale power, refuge, and judgment form one carefully shaped theophanic poem.
Verse 2. 2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
Verse 3. 3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Verse 4. 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
Verse 5. 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.
Verse 6. 6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
Verse 7. 7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Verse 8. 8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
Continue in Context
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: Nahum 1:2-8, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Nahum
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