...Then the earth shook and trembled: the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. 9 versity, and the water of afflicti h.. 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down ; and darkness inas under his feet 11 And he rode upon...

...his anger ; he shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. At his presence the earth shook and trembled ; the foundations also...hills moved, and were shaken because he was wroth." " Thou coveredst the earth with the deep, as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains....

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...Then the earth, shook and trembled ; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire...of his mouth devoured : coals were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also and came down ; and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cheruh,...

...fyc. But rhetorical propriety is not theological exactness. David may say as a poet, " God was wroth : there went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire...of his mouth devoured : coals were kindled by it." But it would be ridiculous to take these expressions in a literal sense. Nor is it much less absurd...

...is distressed upon earth, she crieth, her cries are heard, and will be answered in the day of God. "7. Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations...hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth." At this verse the Prophet begins to describe the manifestation of Divine power in favour of the Righteous...

...presence of God, the God of Israel. 28 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms. 29 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations...hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. 30 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled...

...are indeed very strong and hyperbolical; they are similar to those at Psal. xviii. 8. " There went a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured : coals were kindled by it." Ovid, Metaph. viii. does not scruple to paint the euraged boar in figures equally bold. " Fulmen ab...

...taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones." Psalm Uxxiii. 1-3. t " There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire...of his mouth devoured : coals were kindled by it." 2 Sam. xxii. 9. t " Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him...

...Ifc. But rhetorical propriety is not theological exactness. David may sajas a Poet, "God was wiotb: There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire...out of his mouth devoured ; coals were kindled by it :" but it would be ridiculous to take these expressions in a literal sense. Nor is it much less absurd...