Earthquakes

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerningJob 9:6Psalms 18:7Psalms 46:2Psalms 46:3Psalms 104:32Jeremiah 4:24
• As judgmentsPsalms 18:15Psalms 60:2Isaiah 13:13Isaiah 13:14Isaiah 24:19Isaiah 24:20Isaiah 29:6Nahum 1:5
• Prophecies ofEzekiel 38:19Zechariah 14:4Matthew 24:7Mark 13:8Luke 21:11Revelation 11:19
• INSTANCES OF
• At SinaiExodus 19:18Psalms 68:8Psalms 77:18Psalms 114:4–7Hebrews 12:26
• When Korah, Dathan, and Abiram were swallowed upNumbers 16:31Numbers 16:32
• When Jonathan and his armor-bearer attacked the garrison at Gibeah1 Samuel 14:15
• When the Lord revealed himself to Elijah in the still small voice1 Kings 19:11
• In Canaan, in the days of Uzziah, king of JudahAmos 1:1Zechariah 14:5
• At the crucifixion of JesusMatthew 27:51
• At the resurrection of JesusMatthew 28:2
• When Paul and Silas were in prison at PhilippiActs 16:26

The passages, in Bible order (38)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 19:18

   Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.

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   “The Lord came down upon Mount Sinai. The Shechinah, or glory of the Lord, appeared in the sight of all the people; he shined forth from mount Paran with ten thousand of his saints, attended with a multitude of the holy angels. Hence the law is said to be given by the disposition of angels, Acts vii, 53.

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2. Numbers 16:31

   As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open,

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3. Numbers 16:32

   and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.

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   “All the men ... - Not his sons (see Num 26:11), but all belonging to him who had associated themselves with him in this rebellion.

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4. 1 Samuel 14:15

   Then terror struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked and panic spread from God.

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   “Trembling - The Hebrew is, a trembling of God, signifying not only a very great trembling, but such as was supernatural, and came immediately from the hand of God. He that made the heart knows how to make it tremble. To complete their confusion, even the earth quaked; it shook under them, and made them fear it was just going to swallow them up.

   “There was trembling in the host - They were terrified and panic-struck; the people in general round about, those in the garrison, the spoilers, and the whole country, were struck with terror; the commotion was universal and most extraordinary. The trembling of the earth is probably not to be taken literally, but as a metaphor for a great commotion in the country, though God might have interposed in an extraordinary manner, and produced a real earthquake; but their being panic-struck was sufficient to produce all the requisite confusion and dismay.

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5. 1 Kings 19:11

   Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 19:111 voice

   “And behold, the Lord passed by - The remainder of this verse and the whole of the next are placed by the Septuagint, and by the Arabic translator, in the mouth of the Angel. But it seems best to regard the vision as ending with the words “before the Lord” - and the writer as then assuming that this was done, and proceeding to describe what followed.

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6. Job 9:6

   He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.

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   “The pillars thereof tremble - This also refers to an earthquake, and to that tremulous motion which sometimes gives warning of the approaching catastrophe, and from which this violent convulsion of nature has received its name. Earthquakes, in Scripture language, signify also violent commotions and disturbances in states; mountains often signify rulers; sun, empires; stars, petty states. But it is most likely that the expressions here are to be understood literally.

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7. Psalms 18:7

   Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

   ›Commentary on Psalms 18:72 voices

   There was no great space between the cry and its answer. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, but is swift to rescue his afflicted. David has in his mind's eye the glorious manifestations of God in Egypt, at Sinai, and on different occasions to Joshua and the judges; and he considers that his own case exhibits the same glory of power and goodness, and that, therefore, he may accommodate the descriptions of former displays of the divine majesty into his hymn of praise. "Then the earth shook and trembled."

   “When the Son of God journeyed on the earth in the time of his incarnation, whoever worshiped the natural elements of this earth were shaken and trembled, and everywhere his reputation became familiar to the ears of Greeks and barbarians; and truly those things he called the foundations of the mountains have trembled and quaked.… The mountains were all the lofty thoughts that were directed against the knowledge of God, namely, certain adversarial powers that through the long span of the ages had led all who dwelled on the earth into error and the worship of multiple gods.

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8. Psalms 18:15

   The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

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   “So tremendous was the shock of God's assault in arms that the order of nature was changed, and the bottoms of rivers and seas were laid bare. "The channels of waters was seen;" and the deep cavernous bowels of the earth were upheaved till "the foundations of the world were discovered." What will not Jehovah's "rebuke" do? If "the blast of the breath of thy nostrils, "O Lord, be so terrible, what must thine arm be?

   “Then the channels of water were seen,.... Or, "of the sea"; as in 2Sa 22:16. There seems to be an allusion to the drying up of the sea when the Israelites passed through it.

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9. Psalms 46:2

   Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,

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   "Therefore we will not fear." Ps. 26: "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?" As if to say: I will fear no one. And rightly, because he himself is "our God, a refuge and strength, a helper in the tribulations …

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10. Psalms 46:3

    though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah

    ›Commentary on Psalms 46:31 voice

    "They roared and the waters were troubled." Here he shows what these tribulations are. And first, he proposes them in metaphor. Second, he explains. He says therefore, "They roared and their waters were troubled." According to Jerome, "its waters." And this is the better reading; …

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11. Psalms 60:2

    You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking.

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    “Therefore, "O God, you have cast us off." You have cast off those who in proportion to their sins removed themselves a distance from you. You have destroyed the accumulations of our wickedness, doing good to us because of our weakness. You were angry, since "we were by nature children of wrath," having no hope and being without God in the world. You had mercy on us when "you sent forth your only-begotten Son as a propitiation for our sins," in order that in his blood we might find redemption.

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12. Psalms 68:8

    the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain before God, the One on Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

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    “The earth was moved, for the heavens dripped down from before the face of the God of Sinai. The heavens dripped down: that is, the manna. Sinai is interpreted as "temptation." Therefore God dwells in those who are tempted and overcome; but in those who are among delights, he does not dwell.

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13. Psalms 77:18

    Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.

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    “The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you, and they feared. For the moment let us speak according to the letter; let us cling to the earth for the sake of the simpler folk. When the people passed through the Red Sea and through the Jordan, the waters understood their Creator, and the people did not understand. And the depths were troubled. "The sea saw, and fled: the Jordan was turned back." The great sound of the waters. "The clouds shook out the waters," it has in the Hebrew. The clouds gave forth their voice.

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14. Psalms 104:32

    He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.

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15. Psalms 114:4–7

    the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

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    “The mountains skipped like rams,.... The mountains of Sinai and Horeb quaked and moved at the presence of the Lord, when he descended thereon to give the law; these saw his glory and trembled, Exo 19:

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16. Isaiah 13:13

    Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.

    ›Commentary on Isaiah 13:131 voice

    “Therefore I will shake the heavens - A strong, but common figure of speech in the Scriptures, to denote great commotions, judgments, and revolutions. The figure is taken from the image of a furious storm and tempest, when the sky, the clouds, the heavens, appear to be in commotion; compare 1Sa 22:8: Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundation of heaven moved and shook, Because he was wroth. See also Isa 24:19-20; Hag 2:6-

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