Nahum 1:5 (DRB)

Passage

The mountains tremble at him, and the hills are made desolate: and the earth hath quaked at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein.

Nearby Context

Nahum 1:3 The Lord is patient, and great in power, and will not cleanse and acquit the guilty. The Lord's ways are in a tempest, and a whirlwind, and clouds are the dust of his feet.

Nahum 1:4 He rebuketh the sea and drieth it up: and bringeth all the rivers to be a desert. Basan languisheth and Carmel: and the flower of Libanus fadeth away.

Nahum 1:5 The mountains tremble at him, and the hills are made desolate: and the earth hath quaked at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein.

Nahum 1:6 Who can stand before the face of his indignation? and who shall resist in the fierceness of his anger? his indignation is poured out like fire: and the rocks are melted by him.

Nahum 1:7 The Lord is good, and giveth strength in the day of trouble: and knoweth them that hope in him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "world", "mountains", "tremble", "hills", "desolate", "earth", "hath", and "quaked". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "world" and "mountains", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "He rebuketh the sea and drieth it..." into verse 6's "Who can stand before the face of...", so "world" and "mountains" belong inside that flow. In Nahum context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "world" and "mountains" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.