Micah 1:4 “The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart,…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the mountaines shall melt vnder him (so shall the valleys cleaue) as waxe before the fire, and as the waters that are powred downewarde.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“the mountains”

Nahum 1:5 Psalm 97:5 Judges 5:4 Isaiah 64:1–3 Amos 9:5 Habakkuk 3:6

Nahum 1:5 · BSB

The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.

Psalm 97:5 · BSB

The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

Judges 5:4 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 64:1–3 · BSB

If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,

Amos 9:5 · BSB

The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn— all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—

Habakkuk 3:6 · BSB

He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.

“the valleys”

Zechariah 14:4

Zechariah 14:4 · BSB

On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to th…

“as wax”

Psalm 68:2

Psalm 68:2 · BSB

As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.

5All this is for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?

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