(A)The mountains [a]gushed before the Lord,
(B)This Sinai, before the Lord God of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:5 flowed

18 Now (A)Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the Lord descended upon (B)it in fire. (C)Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and [a]the (D)whole mountain quaked greatly.

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  1. Exodus 19:18 LXX all the people

(A)The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the Lord,
At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

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The mountains quake before Him,
The hills melt,
And the earth [a]heaves at His presence,
Yes, the world and all who dwell in it.

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  1. Nahum 1:5 Tg. burns

A Prayer for Help

64 Oh, that You would [a]rend the heavens!
That You would come down!
That the mountains might shake at Your (A)presence—
As fire burns brushwood,
As fire causes water to boil—
To make Your name known to Your adversaries,
That the nations may tremble at Your presence!
When (B)You did awesome things for which we did not look,
You came down,
The mountains shook at Your presence.

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  1. Isaiah 64:1 tear open

The Glorious Company

18 For you have not come [a]to (A)the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and [b]darkness and tempest,

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  1. Hebrews 12:18 NU to that which
  2. Hebrews 12:18 NU gloom

10 The mountains saw You and trembled;
The overflowing of the water passed by.
The deep uttered its voice,
And (A)lifted its hands on high.

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The earth shook;
The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God;
Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

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(A)The mountains skipped like rams,
The little hills like lambs.

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22 “These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly, in the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and He added no more. And (A)He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

The People Afraid of God’s Presence(B)

23 (C)“So it was, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders. 24 And you said: ‘Surely the Lord our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and (D)we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire. We have seen this day that God speaks with man; yet he (E)still lives. 25 Now therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; (F)if we hear the voice of the Lord our God anymore, then we shall die.

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11 “Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. 12 (A)And the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no [a]form; (B)you only heard a voice.

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  1. Deuteronomy 4:12 similitude

The People Afraid of God’s Presence

18 Now (A)all the people (B)witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain (C)smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off.

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