Micah 1:4 BSB — MannaFest

Micah 1:4

The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.

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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.

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And the mountains shall be molten under Him - It has been thought that this is imagery, taken from volcanic eruptions ; but, although there is a very remarkable volcanic district just outside of Gilead, it is not thought to have been active at times so late as these; nor were the people to whom the words were said, familiar with it.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Imagery from earthquakes and volcanic agency, to describe the terrors which attend Jehovah's coming in judgment (compare Jud 5:5). Neither men of high degree, as the mountains, nor men of low degree, as the valleys, can secure themselves or their land from the judgments of God. as wax-- (Ps 97:5; compare Isa 64:1-3).

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְנָמַ֤סּוּ	ve.na.Ma.su	and they will melt	H4549 →
הֶֽהָרִים֙	he.ha.Rim	the mountains	H2022 →
תַּחְתָּ֔יו	tach.Tav	under him	H8478 →
וְהָעֲמָקִ֖ים	ve.ha.'a.ma.Kim	and the valleys	H6010 →
יִתְבַּקָּ֑עוּ	yit.ba.Ka.'u	they will be cleft	H1234 →
כַּדּוֹנַג֙	ka.do.Nag	like <the> wax	H1749 →
מִפְּנֵ֣י	mi.pe.Nei	from before	H6440 →
הָאֵ֔שׁ	ha.'Esh	the fire	H784 →
כְּמַ֖יִם	ke.Ma.yim	like water	H4325 →
מֻגָּרִ֥ים	mu.ga.Rim	poured out	H5064 →
בְּמוֹרָֽד׃	be.mo.Rad	on a slope	H4174 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 97:5
The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
leads to
- Nahum 1:5
  The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Micah 1:3–4
  For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 64:1–2
  If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 24:19–20
  The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.
- Habakkuk 3:6
  He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
Through
Judges 5:4
O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 33:2
  He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
Through
Habakkuk 3:6
He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
leads to
- Genesis 49:26
  The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince…
- Deuteronomy 33:15
  with the best of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills,

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