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The mountains quake before him,
    and the hills melt;
the earth heaves before him,
    the world and all who live in it.(A)

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Then the mountains will melt under him,
    and the valleys will burst open
like wax near the fire,
    like waters poured down a slope.(A)

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24 I looked on the mountains, and they were quaking,
    and all the hills moved to and fro.(A)

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Then the earth reeled and rocked;
    the foundations of the heavens trembled
    and reeled because he was angry.(A)

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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;(A)

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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)
[a]as when fire kindles brushwood
    and the fire causes water to boil—
to make your name known to your adversaries,
    so that the nations might tremble at your presence!(B)

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  1. 64.2 64.1 in Heb

His lightnings light up the world;
    the earth sees and trembles.
The mountains melt like wax before the Lord,
    before the Lord of all the earth.(A)

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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)

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The mountains quaked before the Lord, the One of Sinai,
    before the Lord, the God of Israel.(A)

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But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the godless.(A)

But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day.(B) The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you,[a] not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.(C) 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.[b](D)

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[c] 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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  1. 3.9 Other ancient authorities read on your account
  2. 3.10 Other ancient authorities read will not be found or will be burned up
  3. 3.12 Or earnestly desiring

And suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.(A)

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51 At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, and the rocks were split.(A)

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12 For the Lord of hosts has a day
    against all that is proud and lofty,
    against all that is lifted up and high;[a](A)
13 against all the cedars of Lebanon,
    lofty and lifted up;
    and against all the oaks of Bashan;(B)
14 against all the high mountains
    and against all the lofty hills;(C)

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  1. 2.12 Cn Compare Gk: Heb low

O mountains, that you skip like rams?
    O hills, like lambs?

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

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Let the sea roar and all that fills it,
    the world and those who live in it.(A)

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The nations are in an uproar; the kingdoms totter;
    he utters his voice; the earth melts.(A)

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The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
    the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.(A)
He makes Lebanon skip like a calf
    and Sirion like a young wild ox.(B)

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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)

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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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  1. 20.11 Gk the