Isaiah 64:1
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64 O that you would tear open the heavens and come down,
so that the mountains would quake at your presence—(A)
Micah 1:3-4
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3 For the Lord is coming out of his place
and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.(A)
4 Then the mountains will melt under him,
and the valleys will burst open
like wax near the fire,
like waters poured down a slope.(B)
Mark 1:10
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10 And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove upon him.(A)
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Revelation 20:11
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The Dead Are Judged
11 Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sat on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his[a] presence, and no place was found for them.(A)
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Nahum 1:5-6
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5 The mountains quake before him,
and the hills melt;
the earth heaves before him,
the world and all who live in it.(A)
6 Who can stand before his indignation?
Who can endure the heat of his anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire,
and by him the rocks are broken in pieces.(B)
Psalm 68:8
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8 the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain
at the presence of God, the God of Sinai,
at the presence of God, the God of Israel.(A)
Exodus 19:18-19
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18 Now all of Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke, because the Lord had descended upon it in fire; the smoke went up like the smoke of a kiln, while the whole mountain shook violently.(A) 19 As the blast of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses would speak and God would answer him in thunder.(B)
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Amos 9:13
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13 The time is surely coming, says the Lord,
when the one who plows shall catch up with the one who reaps
and the treader of grapes with the one who sows the seed;
the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and all the hills shall flow with it.(A)
Amos 9:5
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5 The Lord, God of hosts,
he who touches the earth and it melts,
and all who live in it mourn,
and all of it rises like the Nile
and sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt,(A)
Isaiah 63:15
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A Prayer of Penitence
15 Look down from heaven and see,
from your holy and glorious habitation.
Where are your zeal and your might?
Your great pity and your compassion are withheld from me.(A)
Psalm 144:5-6
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5 Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down;
touch the mountains so that they smoke.(A)
6 Make the lightning flash and scatter them;
send out your arrows and rout them.(B)
Psalm 18:7-15
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7 Then the earth reeled and rocked;
the foundations also of the mountains trembled
and reeled because he was angry.(A)
8 Smoke went up from his nostrils
and devouring fire from his mouth;
glowing coals flamed forth from him.
9 He bowed the heavens and came down;
thick darkness was under his feet.(B)
10 He rode on a cherub and flew;
he came swiftly upon the wings of the wind.(C)
11 He made darkness his covering around him,
his canopy thick clouds dark with water.(D)
12 Out of the brightness before him
there broke through his clouds
hailstones and coals of fire.(E)
13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens,
and the Most High uttered his voice.[a](F)
14 And he sent out his arrows and scattered them;
he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.(G)
15 Then the channels of the sea were seen,
and the foundations of the world were laid bare
at your rebuke, O Lord,
at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.(H)
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Judges 5:4-5
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4 Lord, when you went out from Seir,
when you marched from the region of Edom,
the earth trembled,
and the heavens poured;
the clouds indeed poured water.(A)
5 The mountains quaked before the Lord, the One of Sinai,
before the Lord, the God of Israel.(B)
Exodus 19:11
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11 and prepare for the third day, because on the third day the Lord will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.(A)
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Exodus 3:8
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8 and I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the country of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.(A)
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2 Peter 3:10-12
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10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be destroyed with fire, and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed.[a](A)
11 Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness, 12 waiting for and hastening[b] the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set ablaze and destroyed and the elements will melt with fire?
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Habakkuk 3:1-13
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3 A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk according to Shigionoth.
The Prophet’s Prayer
2 O Lord, I have heard of your renown,
and I stand in awe, O Lord, of your work.
In our own time revive it;
in our own time make it known;
in wrath may you remember mercy.(A)
3 God came from Teman,
the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah
His glory covered the heavens,
and the earth was full of his praise.(B)
4 The brightness was like the sun;
rays came forth from his hand,
where his power lay hidden.(C)
5 Before him went pestilence,
and plague followed close behind.(D)
6 He stopped and shook the earth;
he looked and made the nations tremble.
The eternal mountains were shattered;
along his ancient pathways
the everlasting hills sank low.(E)
7 I saw the tents of Cushan under affliction;
the tent curtains of the land of Midian trembled.
8 Was your wrath against the rivers,[a] O Lord,
or your anger against the rivers[b]
or your rage against the sea,[c]
when you drove your horses,
your chariots to victory?(F)
9 You brandished your naked bow;
sated[d] were the arrows at your command.[e] Selah
You split the earth with rivers.(G)
10 The mountains saw you and writhed;
a torrent of water swept by;
the deep gave forth its voice.
The sun raised high its hands;(H)
11 the moon stood still in its exalted place,
at the light of your arrows speeding by,
at the gleam of your flashing spear.(I)
12 In fury you marched on the earth;
in anger you trampled nations.(J)
13 You came forth to save your people,
to save your anointed.
You crushed the head of the wicked house,
laying it bare from foundation to roof.[f] Selah(K)
Psalm 114:4-7
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4 The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills like lambs.(A)
5 Why is it, O sea, that you flee?
O Jordan, that you turn back?
6 O mountains, that you skip like rams?
O hills, like lambs?
7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,(B)
Psalm 46:6
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6 The nations are in an uproar; the kingdoms totter;
he utters his voice; the earth melts.(A)
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