Nahum 1:5

New International Reader's Version

He causes the mountains to shake. The hills melt away. The earth trembles because he is there. The world and all those who live in it also tremble.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:8

“The earth trembled and shook. The pillars of the heavens rocked back and forth. They trembled because the Lord was angry.

Job 26:11

The pillars of the heavens shake. They are terrified when his anger blazes out.

Job 9:5

He moves mountains, and they don’t even know it. When he is angry, he turns them upside down.

Psalm 104:32

When he looks at the earth, it trembles. When he touches the mountains, they pour out smoke.

Psalm 114:4

The mountains leaped like rams. The hills skipped like lambs.

Psalm 114:6

Why did you mountains leap like rams? Why did you hills skip like lambs?

Psalm 18:7

The earth trembled and shook. The base of the mountains rocked back and forth. It trembled because the Lord was angry.

Psalm 18:8

Smoke came out of his nose. Flames of fire came out of his mouth. Burning coals blazed out of it.

Psalm 46:6

Nations are in disorder. Kingdoms fall. God speaks, and the people of the earth melt in fear.

Psalm 68:8

The ground shook when you, the God of Sinai, appeared. The heavens poured down rain when you, the God of Israel, appeared.

Psalm 98:7

Let the ocean and everything in it roar. Let the world and all who live in it shout.

Exodus 19:18

Smoke covered Mount Sinai, because the Lord came down on it in fire. The smoke rose up from it like smoke from a furnace. The whole mountain trembled and shook.

Isaiah 24:1

The Lord is going to completely destroy everything on earth. He will twist its surface. He’ll scatter those who live on it.

Isaiah 24:20

The earth will be unsteady like someone who is drunk. It will sway like a tent in the wind. Its sin will weigh so heavily on it that it will fall. It will never get up again.

Isaiah 5:25

So the Lord is angry with his people. He raises his hand against them and strikes them down. The mountains shake. The bodies of dead people lie in the streets like trash. Even then, the Lord is still angry. His hand is still raised against them.

Jeremiah 10:10

But you are the only true God. You are the only living God. You are the King who rules forever. When you are angry, the earth trembles with fear. The nations can’t stand up under your anger.

Jeremiah 4:24

I looked at the mountains. They were shaking. All the hills were swaying.

Ezekiel 38:20

The fish in the sea, the birds in the sky and the wild animals will tremble with fear. They will tremble with fear because of what I will do. So will every creature that moves along the ground. And so will all the people on earth. The mountains will come crashing down. The cliffs will break into pieces. Every wall will fall to the ground.

Joel 2:10

As they march forward, the earth shakes. The heavens tremble as they approach. The sun and moon grow dark. And the stars stop shining.

Amos 9:5

The Lord rules over all. The Lord touches the earth, and it melts. Everyone who lives in it mourns. The whole land rises like the Nile River. Then it settles back down again like that river in Egypt.

Micah 1:4

The mountains will melt under him like wax near a fire. The valleys will be broken apart by water rushing down a slope.

Habakkuk 3:10

The mountains saw you and shook. Floods of water swept by. The sea roared. It lifted its waves high.

Zechariah 4:7

“So nothing can stop Zerubbabel from completing the temple. Even a mountain of problems will be smoothed out by him. When the temple is finished, he will put its most important stone in place. Then the people will shout, ‘God bless it! God bless it!’ ”

Malachi 4:1

“You can be sure the day of the Lord is coming. My anger will burn like a furnace. All those who are proud will be like straw. So will all those who do what is evil. The day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord who rules over all. “Not even a root or a branch will be left to them.

Matthew 27:51

At that moment the temple curtain was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook. The rocks split.

Matthew 28:2

There was a powerful earthquake. An angel of the Lord came down from heaven. The angel went to the tomb. He rolled back the stone and sat on it.

Revelation 20:11

I saw a great white throne. And I saw God sitting on it. When the earth and sky saw his face, they ran away. There was no place for them.

Revelation 6:14

The sky rolled back like a scroll. Every mountain and island was moved out of its place.

Judges 5:5

The mountains shook because of the Lord. He was at Mount Sinai. They shook because of the Lord. He is the God of Israel.