Micah 1:4

Micah 1:4 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)The mountains melt beneath him and the valleys split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The mountains will melt under Him, And the valleys will split Like wax before the fire, Like waters poured down a steep place.

Context of Micah 1:4

2Listen, all you peoples; pay attention, earth and everyone in it! The Lord God will be a witness against you, the Lord, from his holy temple. 3Look, the Lord is leaving his place and coming down to trample the heights of the earth. The mountains will melt beneath him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax near a fire, like water cascading down a mountainside. 5All this will happen because of Jacob’s rebellion and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the rebellion of Jacob? Isn’t it Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Isn’t it Jerusalem? 6Therefore, I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the countryside, a planting area for a vineyard. I will roll her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.

Micah 1:4 word by word

וְנָמַ֤סּוּ הֶֽהָרִים֙ תַּחְתָּ֔יו וְהָעֲמָקִ֖ים יִתְבַּקָּ֑עוּ כַּדּוֹנַג֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י הָאֵ֔שׁ כְּמַ֖יִם מֻגָּרִ֥ים בְּמוֹרָֽד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• shall be moltenמָסַסmâsas · to meltH4549
• under him, and the valleysעֵ֫מֶק‛êmeq · valleyH6010
• shall be cleftבָּקַעbâqa‛ · to break up/openH1234
• as waxדּוֹנַגdônag · waxH1749
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• as the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• pouredנָגַרnâgar · to pourH5064
• down a steep placeמוֹרָדmôrâd · descentH4174

Cross-references for Micah 1:4

• Judges 5:4Lord, when you came from Seir, when you marched from the fields of Edom, the earth trembled, the skies poured rain, and the clouds poured water.
• Psalms 97:5The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the Lord — at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
• Isaiah 64:1If only you would tear the heavens open and come down, so that mountains would quake at your presence —
• Amos 9:5The Lord, the God of Armies — he touches the earth; it melts, and all who dwell in it mourn; all of it rises like the Nile and subsides like the Nile of Egypt.
• Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt; the earth trembles at his presence — the world and all who live in it.
• Habakkuk 3:6He stands and shakes the earth; he looks and startles the nations. The age-old mountains break apart; the ancient hills sink down. His pathways are ancient.
• 2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; on that day the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements will burn and be dissolved, and the earth and the works on it will be disclosed.
• Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and one seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.
• Zechariah 14:4On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east. The Mount of Olives will be split in half from east to west, forming a huge valley, so that half the mountain will move to the north and half to the south.
• Psalms 68:2As smoke is blown away, so you blow them away. As wax melts before the fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.

Commentaries on Micah 1:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The strong and seemingly unmovable mountains will melt in the presence of the Lord (see Psalm 97:5). Nothing can stand against him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. 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--(Psa 97:5; compare Is 64:1-3). The third clause, "as wax," &c., answers to the first in the parallelism, "the mountains shall be molten"; the fourth, "as the waters,"…Read the comment

Topics related to Micah 1:4

• Idolatry
• Mountain
• Volcanoes
• Wax

In the dictionaries

• Heir
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• Bush, Burning
• Micah (2)
• Lord Yahweh, Yahweh God

Commentaries on Micah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings