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Summary

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.

The valleys

As wax

General references

Bible References

The mountains

Judges 5:4
LORD, when you left Seir, when you marched out from the grain field of Edom, the earth quaked and the heavens poured out rain; indeed, the clouds poured out water.
Psalm 97:5
Mountains melt like wax in the LORD's presence In the presence of the LORD of all the earth.
Isaiah 64:1
If only you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence
Amos 9:5
"The Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies who is touching the earth so that it melts and all of its inhabitants mourn there the land rises like the Nile River, but sinks like the river of Egypt
Nahum 1:5
Mountains shake because of him, and the hills melt. The earth goes into upheaval at his presence, as does the world with all of its inhabitants.
Habakkuk 3:6
He stood up and shook the land; with his stare he startled the nations. The age-old mountains were shattered, and the ancient hilltops bowed down. His ways are eternal.
2 Peter 3:10
But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. On that day the heavens will disappear with a roaring sound, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done on it will be exposed.
Revelation 20:11
Then I saw a large, white throne and the one who was sitting on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.

The valleys

Zechariah 14:4
His feet will stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem. Then the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a very large valley, with half of the mountain moving toward the north and half toward the south.

As wax

Psalm 68:2
As smoke is driven away, so you drive them away. As wax melts in the presence of fire, so the wicked die in the presence of God.

General references

Psalm 114:4
the mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like lambs.

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