Nahum 1:5 (LSB)

Passage

Mountains quake because of Him, And the hills melt; Indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence, The world and all the inhabitants in it.

Nearby Context

Nahum 1:3 Yahweh is slow to anger and great in power, And Yahweh will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. In whirlwind and storm is His way, And clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

Nahum 1:4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry; He dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel languish; The blossoms of Lebanon languish.

Nahum 1:5 Mountains quake because of Him, And the hills melt; Indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence, The world and all the inhabitants in it.

Nahum 1:6 Who can stand before His indignation? Who can endure the burning of His anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, And the rocks are torn down by Him.

Nahum 1:7 Yahweh is good, A strong defense in the day of distress, And He knows those who take refuge in Him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "world", "mountains", "quake", "hills", "melt", "indeed", "earth", and "upheaved". 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 rebukes the sea and makes it..." into verse 6's "Who can stand before His indignation Who...", 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.