I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
Parallel translations
- WEB I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.
- BSB I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
- NKJV I beheld the mountains, and indeed they trembled, And all the hills moved back and forth.
- NASB I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, And all the hills jolted back and forth.
- NLT I looked at the mountains and hills, and they trembled and shook.
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Quick answer
The prophet sees mountains quaking and hills shaking back and forth. It matters because even the most stable parts of creation tremble before God's judgment.
Overview
In the vision the solid mountains and hills are convulsed, signaling that nothing in the created order stands firm under divine wrath. The trembling earth testifies to the Creator's power. It reminds readers that only what God establishes endures, and that He alone is the unshakable ground of hope (Psalm 46:2-3; Hebrews 12:26-27).
Cross-references & the web
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- Ezek 38:20So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
- Nah 1:5–6The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
- Jer 10:10But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
- Isa 5:25Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
- Ps 114:4–7The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
- Judg 5:4–5LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
- Ps 97:4His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
- Mic 1:4And 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.
- Ps 18:7Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
- 1 Kgs 19:11And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
- Ps 77:18The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
- Jer 8:16The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
- Hab 3:10The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
- Hab 3:6He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
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