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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Study Note
The theophany hymn that opens Nahum (1:2–8) employs cosmic disruption imagery — quaking mountains, melting hills, burning earth — to depict the divine warrior's advance against Nineveh, drawing on the Sinai theophany tradition and Near Eastern storm-deity conventions. The verse belongs to an acrostic structure (partially preserved in 1:2–8) that displays literary craft alongside its theological content, suggesting the book is a carefully composed liturgical text rather than merely an impulsive denunciation. Nahum's oracle against Assyria complements Jonah's narrative of Nineveh's repentance: together the two books bracket Assyrian history with divine patience followed by irrevocable judgment. The cosmic theophany imagery reappears in Habakkuk 3, suggesting a shared liturgical tradition among the minor prophets of divine warrior theology.
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The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Mountains have shaken because of Him, And the hills have been melted; And lifted up <FI>is<Fi> the earth at His presence, And the world and all dwelling in it.
The mountains are shaking because of him, and the hills flowing away; the earth is falling to bits before him, the world and all who are in it.
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