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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/micah/1.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/micah/1.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />The mountains melt beneath him and the valleys split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/micah/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The mountains melt beneath his feet and flow into the valleys like wax in a fire, like water pouring down a hill.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/micah/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/micah/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/micah/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, <i>and</i> as the waters <i>that are</i> poured down a steep place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/micah/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The mountains will melt under Him, And the valleys will split Like wax before the fire, Like waters poured down a steep place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/micah/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The mountains will melt under Him And the valleys will be split, Like wax before the fire, Like water poured down a steep place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/micah/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The mountains will melt under Him And the valleys will be split, Like wax before the fire, Like water poured down a steep place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/micah/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The mountains will melt under Him, And the valleys will be split, Like wax before the fire, Like water poured down a steep place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/micah/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The mountains will melt under Him, And the valleys will be split, Like wax before the fire, Like water poured down a steep place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/micah/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The mountains shall melt under Him And the valleys shall be split Like wax before the fire, Like waters poured down a steep place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/micah/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The mountains will melt beneath him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax near a fire, like water cascading down a mountainside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/micah/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax near a fire, like water cascading down a mountainside. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/micah/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/micah/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Mountains will melt beneath his feet like wax beside a fire. Valleys will vanish like water rushing down a ravine. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/micah/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/micah/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Mountains will melt under him like wax near a fire. Valleys will split apart like water pouring down a steep hill.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/micah/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then the mountains will melt under him like wax in a fire; they will pour down into the valleys like water pouring down a hill. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/micah/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The mountains will melt under him and the valleys will split apart, like wax in the presence of fire and like water gushing down a steep incline.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/micah/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/micah/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The mountains will disintegrate beneath him, and the valleys will be split in two. The mountains will melt like wax in a fire, the rocks will slide down like water cascading down a steep slope. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/micah/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart, like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/micah/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/micah/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/micah/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The mountains have been melted under Him, "" And the valleys split themselves, "" As wax from the presence of fire, "" As waters cast down by a slope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/micah/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Melted have been the mountains under Him, And the valleys do rend themselves, As wax from the presence of fire, As waters cast down by a slope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/micah/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the mountains melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft as wax from the face of the fire, as waters cast down in a descent.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/micah/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the mountains shall be melted under him: and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as waters that run down a steep place. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/micah/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the mountains will be consumed under him, and the valleys will be torn apart, like wax before the face of fire, and like waters that rush swiftly downward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/micah/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The mountains melt under him and the valleys split open, Like wax before the fire, like water poured down a slope. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/micah/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the mountains will melt under him and the valleys will burst open, like wax near the fire, like waters poured down a steep place.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/micah/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the mountains shall melt under him, and the valleys shall be rent asunder like wax before the fire, and like waters that run down a steep place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/micah/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the mountains shall melt under him and the depths shall gush out like wax from before the fire and like waters that run down a descent<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/micah/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the mountains shall be molten under Him, And the valleys shall be cleft, As wax before the fire, As waters that are poured down a steep place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/micah/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the mountains shall be shaken under him, and the valleys shall melt like wax before the fire, and as water rushing down a declivity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/micah/1-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V9AM9A76_xQ?start=36" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/micah/1.htm">Judgment Against Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: he·hā·rîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">The mountains</a> <a href="/hebrew/4549.htm" title="4549: wə·nā·mas·sū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To dissolve, melt. A primitive root; to liquefy; figuratively, to waste, to faint.">will melt</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: taḥ·tāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">beneath Him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6010.htm" title="6010: wə·hā·‘ă·mā·qîm (Conj-w, Art:: N-mp) -- A vale. From amaq; a vale.">and the valleys</a> <a href="/hebrew/1234.htm" title="1234: yiṯ·baq·qā·‘ū (V-Hitpael-Imperf-3mp) -- To cleave, break open or through. A primitive root; to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open.">will split apart,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1749.htm" title="1749: kad·dō·w·naḡ (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- Wax (as melting). Of uncertain derivation; wax; -wax.">like wax</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pə·nê (Prep-m:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: hā·’êš (Art:: N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">the fire,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: kə·ma·yim (Prep-k:: N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">like water</a> <a href="/hebrew/5064.htm" title="5064: mug·gā·rîm (V-Hofal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; to flow; figuratively, to stretch out; causatively, to pour out or down; figuratively, to deliver over.">rushing down</a> <a href="/hebrew/4174.htm" title="4174: bə·mō·w·rāḏ (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- A descent, slope. From yarad; a descent; as architecture, an ornamental appendage, perhaps a festoon.">a slope.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>All this is for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-5.htm">Nahum 1:5</a></span><br />The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-1.htm">Isaiah 64:1-3</a></span><br />If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence, / as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence! / When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/97-5.htm">Psalm 97:5</a></span><br />The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/5-4.htm">Judges 5:4-5</a></span><br />O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water. / The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Habakkuk 3:6</a></span><br />He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/9-5.htm">Amos 9:5</a></span><br />The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn—all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-13.htm">Isaiah 13:13</a></span><br />Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/46-6.htm">Psalm 46:6</a></span><br />Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-14.htm">Revelation 6:14</a></span><br />The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/2-19.htm">Isaiah 2:19</a></span><br />Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/18-7.htm">Psalm 18:7</a></span><br />Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-19.htm">Isaiah 24:19-20</a></span><br />The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently. / The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-24.htm">Jeremiah 4:24</a></span><br />I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-20.htm">Revelation 16:20</a></span><br />Then every island fled, and no mountain could be found.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-15.htm">Isaiah 42:15</a></span><br />I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">the mountains.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/5-4.htm">Judges 5:4</a></b></br> LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/97-5.htm">Psalm 97:5</a></b></br> The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/64-1.htm">Isaiah 64:1-3</a></b></br> Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, … </p><p class="hdg">the valleys.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/14-4.htm">Zechariah 14:4</a></b></br> And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which <i>is</i> before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, <i>and there shall be</i> a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.</p><p class="hdg">as wax.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/68-2.htm">Psalm 68:2</a></b></br> As smoke is driven away, <i>so</i> drive <i>them</i> away: as wax melteth before the fire, <i>so</i> let the wicked perish at the presence of God.</p><p class="hdg">a steep place.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/4-14.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/amos/2-13.htm">Beneath</a> <a href="/jonah/1-4.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-4.htm">Cleft</a> <a href="/jonah/2-5.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-18.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/hosea/5-10.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/amos/9-13.htm">Melt</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-11.htm">Melted</a> <a href="/hosea/13-2.htm">Molten</a> <a href="/jonah/2-6.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/amos/8-5.htm">Open</a> <a href="/joel/2-23.htm">Poured</a> <a href="/jonah/2-4.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/joel/2-13.htm">Rend</a> <a href="/daniel/8-6.htm">Rushing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-5.htm">Slope</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-21.htm">Split</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-20.htm">Steep</a> <a href="/amos/9-3.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/jonah/3-10.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-6.htm">Valleys</a> <a href="/jonah/3-7.htm">Water</a> <a href="/jonah/2-5.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-21.htm">Wax</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/nahum/1-6.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/nahum/1-3.htm">Beneath</a> <a href="/micah/1-7.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-4.htm">Cleft</a> <a href="/micah/5-1.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/micah/1-7.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/nahum/1-5.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/nahum/1-5.htm">Melt</a> <a href="/nahum/1-5.htm">Melted</a> <a href="/nahum/1-14.htm">Molten</a> <a href="/micah/4-1.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/micah/1-6.htm">Open</a> <a href="/nahum/1-6.htm">Poured</a> <a href="/nahum/1-5.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/matthew/7-6.htm">Rend</a> <a href="/nahum/3-2.htm">Rushing</a> <a href="/matthew/8-32.htm">Slope</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-9.htm">Split</a> <a href="/matthew/8-32.htm">Steep</a> <a href="/micah/3-4.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/micah/2-6.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/numbers/14-25.htm">Valleys</a> <a href="/nahum/1-8.htm">Water</a> <a href="/nahum/2-8.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/matthew/24-12.htm">Wax</a><div class="vheading2">Micah 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/micah/1-1.htm">The time when Micah prophesied.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/micah/1-2.htm">He shows the wrath of God against Jacob for idolatry.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/micah/1-10.htm">He exhorts to mourning.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical literature, mountains often symbolize stability and permanence. The imagery of mountains melting suggests a divine intervention that disrupts the natural order, emphasizing God's sovereignty over creation. This echoes other biblical passages where God's presence causes the earth to tremble, such as in <a href="/psalms/97-5.htm">Psalm 97:5</a>, "The mountains melt like wax before the LORD." It underscores the idea that nothing can withstand God's judgment.<p><b>and the valleys will split apart</b><br>Valleys, often seen as places of refuge and safety, splitting apart indicates a complete upheaval of the natural world. This imagery conveys the totality of God's judgment, affecting both high and low places. It reflects the comprehensive nature of divine justice, leaving no place untouched. This can be connected to the prophecy in <a href="/zechariah/14-4.htm">Zechariah 14:4</a>, where the Mount of Olives splits in two, symbolizing a dramatic change brought by God's intervention.<p><b>like wax before the fire</b><br>Wax melting before fire is a vivid metaphor for the ease and inevitability of God's power to transform and judge. This imagery suggests that just as wax cannot resist fire, so too the earth cannot resist God's will. It highlights the futility of opposing God and serves as a warning to those who stand against Him. This metaphor is also used in <a href="/psalms/68-2.htm">Psalm 68:2</a>, reinforcing the theme of God's irresistible power.<p><b>like water rushing down a slope</b><br>This phrase illustrates the unstoppable and swift nature of God's judgment. Water rushing down a slope is a force that cannot be easily contained or redirected, symbolizing the certainty and speed of divine action. It evokes the imagery of a flood, which in biblical terms often represents judgment and cleansing, as seen in the story of Noah. This also connects to the prophecy in <a href="/amos/5-24.htm">Amos 5:24</a>, "But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream," emphasizing the relentless and purifying nature of God's justice.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/micah.htm">Micah</a></b><br>A prophet from Moresheth, who prophesied during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. His messages were directed towards both Israel and Judah, warning them of impending judgment due to their sins.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/mountains_and_valleys.htm">Mountains and Valleys</a></b><br>Symbolic representations of the natural world and the stability of creation. In this context, they illustrate the overwhelming power and presence of God as He comes in judgment.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a></b><br>The event being described is the divine judgment of God upon the nations, particularly Israel and Judah, for their idolatry and injustice.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_power.htm">God's Sovereignty and Power</a></b><br>The imagery of mountains melting and valleys splitting highlights God's absolute power over creation. It serves as a reminder of His sovereignty and the futility of resisting His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_divine_judgment.htm">The Reality of Divine Judgment</a></b><br>This passage underscores the certainty and seriousness of God's judgment. It calls believers to live in reverence and obedience, recognizing that God will hold all accountable.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_humility.htm">Repentance and Humility</a></b><br>The vivid imagery should lead us to examine our own lives, repent of any sin, and approach God with humility, acknowledging His holiness and our need for His grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_justice.htm">Hope in God's Justice</a></b><br>While the imagery is terrifying, it also assures us that God will ultimately bring justice. For those who trust in Him, this is a source of hope and comfort.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/creation's_response_to_god.htm">Creation's Response to God</a></b><br>The natural world responds to God's presence in dramatic ways, reminding us that all creation is under His command and will ultimately reflect His glory.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_micah_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Micah 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_'mountains_melt_like_wax'_be_literal.htm">How could “mountains melt like wax” (Psalm 97:5) be taken literally without contradicting known geological processes? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_biblical_prophecies_fail.htm">Why do failed biblical prophecies exist?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_the_temple_'raised'_in_isaiah_2_2.htm">In Isaiah 2:2, how can the temple be literally 'raised above all hills' when no physical elevation change is recorded in history?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_of_a_divine_lawsuit_in_micah.htm">In Micah 6:1-2, is there any historical or archaeological evidence of an actual 'lawsuit' scenario or divine courtroom setting involving Israel?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/micah/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">The mountains shall be molten.</span>--The manifestations of the presence of God are taken from the description of the giving of the Law, when "the hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth" (<a href="/psalms/97-5.htm" title="The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.">Psalm 97:5</a>). Dean Stanley refers the imagery to the memorable earthquake mentioned in <a href="/amos/1-1.htm" title="The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.">Amos 1:1</a> :--"Mountains and valleys are cleft asunder, and melt as in a furnace; the earth heaving like the rising waters of the Nile; the sea bursting over the land; the ground shaking and sliding as, with a succession of shocks, its solid framework reels to and fro like a drunkard" (<span class= "ital">Jewish Church,</span> Lect. 37).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/micah/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - The description of God's advent to judgment is founded on the idea of a terrible storm and earthquake, perhaps accompanied with volcanic eruption, though evidence of such eruptions in the historical period is not forthcoming. The description recalls the awful revelation at Sinai (<a href="/exodus/19.htm">Exodus 19</a>.). <span class="cmt_word">Shall be molten;</span> either by the lightning or the showers of rain that descend from heaven. The mountains, the type of stability and strength, fall away at the presence of the Judge. Septuagint, <span class="greek">σαλευθήσεται</span>, "shall be shaken;" Vulgate, <span class="accented">consumentur</span> (<a href="/judges/5-4.htm">Judges 5:4, 5</a>; <a href="/psalms/18-7.htm">Psalm 18:7</a>, etc.; Psalms 68:8; 97:4, 5; <a href="/amos/9-5.htm">Amos 9:5</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Be cleft;</span> Septuagint, <span class="greek">τακήσονται</span>, "shall melt." The valleys shall be hollowed out into channels by the force of the water, which falls in torrents. <span class="cmt_word">As wax</span> (<a href="/psalms/68-2.htm">Psalm 68:2</a>; <a href="/psalms/97-5.htm">Psalm 97:5</a>). This belongs to the first clause, "the mountains," etc. <span class="cmt_word">As waters.</span> This belongs to the second clause. The cloven plains shall melt away as waters disappear down a precipice. The idea that underlies this description is that the inanimate creation shares in the effects of the judgment on man, and is used as an instrument in his punishment. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/micah/1-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The mountains</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶֽהָרִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(he·hā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will melt</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָמַ֤סּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·mas·sū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4549.htm">Strong's 4549: </a> </span><span class="str2">To liquefy, to waste, to faint</span><br /><br /><span class="word">beneath Him,</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּחְתָּ֔יו</span> <span class="translit">(taḥ·tāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm">Strong's 8478: </a> </span><span class="str2">The bottom, below, in lieu of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the valleys</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָעֲמָקִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·‘ă·mā·qîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6010.htm">Strong's 6010: </a> </span><span class="str2">A vale</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will split apart,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִתְבַּקָּ֑עוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yiṯ·baq·qā·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1234.htm">Strong's 1234: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cleave, to rend, break, rip, open</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like wax</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּדּוֹנַג֙</span> <span class="translit">(kad·dō·w·naḡ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1749.htm">Strong's 1749: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wax (as melting)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before</span><br /><span class="heb">מִפְּנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(mip·pə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the fire,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֵ֔שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’êš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like water</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּמַ֖יִם</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cascading down</span><br /><span class="heb">מֻגָּרִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(mug·gā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5064.htm">Strong's 5064: </a> </span><span class="str2">To flow, to stretch out, to pour out, down, to deliver over</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a slope.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמוֹרָֽד׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mō·w·rāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4174.htm">Strong's 4174: </a> </span><span class="str2">A descent, an ornamental appendage, a festoon</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/micah/1-4.htm">Micah 1:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/micah/1-4.htm">Micah 1:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/micah/1-4.htm">Micah 1:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/micah/1-4.htm">Micah 1:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/micah/1-4.htm">Micah 1:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/micah/1-4.htm">Micah 1:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/micah/1-4.htm">Micah 1:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/micah/1-4.htm">Micah 1:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/micah/1-4.htm">Micah 1:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/micah/1-4.htm">Micah 1:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/micah/1-4.htm">OT Prophets: Micah 1:4 The mountains melt under him and (Mc Mic. 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