Micah 1:4

4 The mountains melt beneath him and the valleys split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.

Micah 1:4 in Other Translations

KJV
4 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.
ESV
4 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.
NLT
4 The mountains melt beneath his feet and flow into the valleys like wax in a fire, like water pouring down a hill.
MSG
4 Mountains sink under his feet, valleys split apart; The rock mountains crumble into gravel, the river valleys leak like sieves.
CSB
4 The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax near a fire, like water cascading down a mountainside.

Micah 1:4 In-Context

2 Hear, you peoples, all of you, listen, earth and all who live in it, that the Sovereign LORD may bear witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
3 Look! The LORD is coming from his dwelling place; he comes down and treads on the heights of the earth.
4 The mountains melt beneath him and the valleys split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
5 All this is because of Jacob’s transgression, because of the sins of the people of Israel. What is Jacob’s transgression? Is it not Samaria? What is Judah’s high place? Is it not Jerusalem?
6 “Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble, a place for planting vineyards. I will pour her stones into the valley and lay bare her foundations.

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Psalms 46:2,6
  • 2. S Job 9:5
  • 3. S Numbers 16:31; Nahum 1:5
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