The Mountains and Hills Affected by God Nahum 1:5

As Nahum the prophet continued to share how God would “take vengeance on his adversaries”, he declared how the LORD's “anger” and “great power would not acquit the wicked”. Nahum shared how “the LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet” and how He would “rebuke the sea” and make it “dry” or “withered and without moisture”. In chapter one and verse five of his prophesy, Nahum told how the LORD's “presence” also affects “the mountains, the hills and the earth” where we read:

The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence,

yes, the world, and all that dwell therein.

The verse begins, “The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence,...” Nahum began with the words, “The mountains” or “hill country or range of hills” “quake” which means “shake or cause to spring or leap” “at him” which refers to the LORD, “and the hills” or “little hills which were used as a place of illicit worship” “melt” which means “faint, soften, dissolve and dissipate”, “and the earth” or “land, country, territory, district and region” “is burned” which means “born up, taken, carried away, lifted up, sustained, endured and swept away” “at his presence” which refers to “the LORD's face, front and forefront”. When the LORD's “presence” or “countenance” shines even the earth, mountains and hills tremble and dissolve.

The verse goes on to say, “...yes, the world, and all that dwell therein.” Nahum added, “yes, the world” or “the earth, globe and it's inhabitants”, “and all that dwell therein” which means “everyone who dwells within, sits down, remains, stays and abides in it”. Not only do the “mountains, hills and earth” “tremble and quake” at the “presence of the LORD”, but so does the entire “world” and everyone who dwells within it.

When we consider these words of Nahum, we cannot imagine the awesomeness of the LORD's presence and the affect it has upon the world and it's inhabitants. When the LORD showed Himself strong against His adversaries and foes, none could stand before Him and everyone who opposed Him quaked and trembled at His face. Jesus Christ came into the world as “Savior and LORD”, and those who follow Him will not fear His “presence”, but woe be to those who take their stand against Him for they shall know “the terror of the presence of the LORD” which are known even by the “mountains, hills and earth”.

Next time we see Nahum ask “who can stand before his indignation”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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