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Micah 1:4
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The mountains will melt beneath him,and the valleys will split apart,like wax near a fire,like water cascading down a mountainside.
The mountains melt under him, And the valleys split apart, Like wax before the fire, Like waters that are poured down a steep place.
And the mountaines shall be molten vnder him, and the valleis shall be cleft: as waxe before the fire, and as the waters that are powred downe a steepe place.
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.
And the mountains will melt under him, and the valleys will split open, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a steep place.
The mountains will melt under Him And the valleys will be split, Like wax before the fire, Like water poured down a steep place.
The mountains will melt under him, and the valleys will crack open, like wax near a fire, like water running down a hillside.
The mountains shall melt under Him And the valleys shall be split Like wax before the fire, Like waters poured down a steep place.
And the mountaines shall melt vnder him (so shall the valleys cleaue) as waxe before the fire, and as the waters yt are powred downewarde.
The mountains will melt under Him And the valleys will be split, Like wax before the fire, Like water poured down a steep place.
The mountains will melt under Him,And the valleys will be split,Like wax before the fire,Like water poured down a steep place.
The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water cascading down a slope.
Mountains will melt beneath his feet like wax beside a fire. Valleys will vanish like water rushing down a ravine.
Beneath him the mountains will melt, the valleys split open like wax before fire, like water poured down a steep slope.
And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters poured down a steep place.
The mountains will melt under him like wax in a fire. The valleys will break apart and slide like water rushing down a hill.
And the mountains shall melt under him, and the valleys shall be rent asunder like wax before the fire, and like waters that run down a steep place.
Then the mountains will melt under him like wax in a fire; they will pour down into the valleys like water pouring down a hill.
The mountains will melt under him and the valleys will burst open, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
And the mountains shall melt under Him, and the valleys shall cleave themselves, as wax before the fire, as waters poured out on a steep place.
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.
And the mountains will be turned to water under him, and the deep valleys will be broken open, like wax before the fire, like waters flowing down a slope.
And the mountains shall be molten under Him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.
The mountaines shal melt vnder him, and the valleyes shall cleaue a sunder, lyke as wax [melteth] before the fire, and as the waters runne downeward.
And the mountains shall be shaken under him, and the valleys shall melt like wax before the fire, and as water rushing down a declivity.
And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.
The mountains melt under him, And the valleys split apart, Like wax before the fire, Like waters that are poured down a steep place.
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.
And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, [and] as the waters [that are] poured down a steep place.
The mountains will disintegrate beneath him, and the valleys will be split in two. The mountains will melt like wax in a fire, the rocks will slide down like water cascading down a steep slope.
The mountains will melt under Him, And the valleys will split Like wax before the fire, Like waters poured down a steep place.
The mountains melt beneath his feet and flow into the valleys like wax in a fire, like water pouring down a hill.
The mountains will melt under Him and the valleys will break open, like a candle in front of the fire, like water poured down a hill.
Then the mountains will melt under him and the valleys will burst open, like wax near the fire, like waters poured down a steep place.
Then shall the mountains be melted beneath him, and, the valleys, be cleft, - as wax before the fire, as waters poured out in a steep place.
And the mountains shall be melted under him: and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as waters that run down a steep place.
And the mountains will melt under him and the valleys will be cleft, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a steep place.
Melted have been the mountains under Him, And the valleys do rend themselves, As wax from the presence of fire, As waters cast down by a slope.
The moutaynes shall consume vnder him, & the valleys shal cleue asunder: like as wax cosumeth at the fyre, & as ye waters runne downwarde.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the mountains: Judges 5:4, Psalms 97:5, Isaiah 64:1-3, Amos 9:5, Nahum 1:5, Habakkuk 3:6, Habakkuk 3:10, 2 Peter 3:10-12, Revelation 20:11
the valleys: Zechariah 14:4
as wax: Psalms 68:2
a steep place: Heb. a descent
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 32:22 - foundations 1 Samuel 5:4 - of Dagon Psalms 46:3 - mountains Psalms 95:4 - the strength of the hills is his also Psalms 114:4 - General Isaiah 2:19 - when he Isaiah 5:25 - the hills Isaiah 17:3 - fortress Isaiah 30:30 - the flame Jeremiah 4:24 - mountains Jeremiah 10:10 - at Hosea 13:16 - Samaria Amos 7:4 - called Micah 6:1 - before Zechariah 4:7 - O great Matthew 27:51 - the earth 2 Peter 3:12 - melt
Cross-References
And God clepide the drie place, erthe; and he clepide the gadryngis togidere of watris, the sees. And God seiy that it was good;
And the erthe brouyte forth greene erbe and makynge seed bi his kynde, and a tre makynge fruyt, and ech hauynge seed by his kynde. And God seiy that it was good.
and that tho schulden be bifore to the dai and nyyt, and schulden departe liyt and derknesse. And God seiy that it was good.
And God made vnresonable beestis of erthe bi her kyndes, and werk beestis, `and ech crepynge beeste of erthe in his kynde. And God seiy that it was good; and seide,
And God seiy alle thingis whiche he made, and tho weren ful goode. And the euentid and morwetid was maad, the sixte day.
And Y siy, that wisdom yede so mych bifor foli, as miche as liyt is dyuerse fro derknessis.
The liyt is sweet, and delitable to the iyen to se the sunne.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the mountains shall be molten under him,.... As Sinai was when he descended on it, and as all nations will be at the general conflagration; but here the words are to be taken, not literally, but figuratively, for the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, and for the kings, and princes, and great men in them, that lifted up their heads as high, and thought themselves as secure, as mountains; yet when the judgments of God should fall upon them, their hearts would melt through fear under him; as well as all their glory and greatness depart from them, and they be no more what they were before, but levelled with the meanest subject:
and the valleys shall be cleft: have chasms made in them by the melting of the mountains, or by the flow of water from the hills: these may design the lower sort of people, who shall have their share in this calamity; the inhabitants of the valleys and country villages; who, though mean and low, shall be lower still, and lose that little substance, that liberty and those privileges, they had; as valleys may be cleft, and open, and sink into the lower parts of the earth; so it is signified that these people should be in a more depressed state and condition:
as wax before the fire; melts, and cannot stand the force of it; so the mountains should melt at the presence of the Lord; and kingdoms and states, and the greatest and mightiest of men in them, would not be able to stand before the fierceness of his wrath; see Psalms 68:2;
[and] as the waters [that are] poured down a steep place; that run with great swiftness, force, and rapidity, and there is no stopping them; so should the judgments of God come down upon the lower sort of people, the inhabitants of the valleys; neither high nor low would escape the indignation of the Lord, or be able to stand against it, or stand up under it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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. Fire, the real agent at the end of the world, is, meanwhile, the symbol of God’s anger, as being the most terrible of His instruments of destruction: whence God revealed Himself as a consuming fire Deuteronomy 4:24, and at this same time said by Isaiah; “For behold, the Lord will come with fire ... to render His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire” Isaiah 66:15.
And the valleys shall be cleft as wax before the fire - It seems natural that the mountains should be cleft; but the valleys , so low already! This speaks of a yet deeper dissolution; of lower depths beyond our sight or knowledge, into the very heart of the earth. Sanch.: “This should they fear, who will to be so low; who, so far from lifting themselves to heavenly things, pour out their affections on things of earth, meditate on and love earthly things, and forgetful of the heavenly, choose to fix their eyes on earth. These the wide gaping of the earth which they loved, shall swallow: to them the cleft valleys shall open an everlasting sepulchre, and, having received them, shall never part with them.”
Highest and lowest, first and last, shall perish before Him. The pride of the highest, kings and princes, priests and judges, shall sink and melt away beneath the weight and Majesty of His glory; the hardness of the lowest, which would not open itself to Him, shall be cleft in twain before Him.
As wax before the fire - (See Psalms 97:5), melting away before Him by whom they were not softened, vanishing into nothingness. Metals melt, changing their form only; wax, so as to cease to be.
As the waters poured down - (As a stream or cataract, so the word means .)
A steep place - Down to the very edge, it is borne along, one strong, smooth, unbroken current; then, at once, it seems to gather its strength, for one great effort. But to what end? To fall, with the greater force, headlong, scattered in spray, foam and froth; dissipated, at times, into vapor, or reeling in giddy eddies, never to return. In Judea, where the autumn rains set in with great vehemence, the waters must have been often seen pouring in their little tumultuous brooklets down the mountain side , hastening to disappear, and disappearing the faster, the more vehemently they rolled along . Both images exhibit the inward emptiness of sinners, man’s utter helplessness before God. They need no outward impulse to their destruction. Jerome: “Wax endureth not the nearness of the fire, and the waters are carried headlong. So all of the ungodly, when the Lord cometh, shall be dissolved and disappear.” At the end of the world, they shall be gathered into bundles, and cast away.
