MOUNTAINS

- The elevated parts of the earth Ge 7:19,20 - GOD . Formed Am 4:13 . Set fast Ps 65:6 . Gives strength to Ps 95:4 . Weighs, in a balance Isa 40:12 . Waters, from his chambers Ps 104:13 . Parches, with draught Hag 1:11 . Causes, to smoke Ps 104:32; 144:5 . Sets the foundations of, on fire De 32:22 . Makes waste Isa 42:15 . Causes, to tremble Na 1:5; Hab 3:10 . Causes, to skip Ps 114:4,6 . Causes, to melt Jud 5:5; Ps 97:5; Isa 64:1,3 . Removes Job 9:5 . Overturns Job 9:5; 28:9 . Scatters Hab 3:6 - Made to glorify God Ps 148:9 - CALLED . God's mountains Isa 49:11 . The ancient mountains De 33:15 . The everlasting mountains Hab 3:6 . Perpetual hills Heb 3:6 . Everlasting hills Ge 49:26 . Pillars of heaven Job 26:11 - Many exceedingly high Ps 104:18; Isa 2:14 - Collect the vapours which ascend from the earth Ps 104:6,8 - Are the sources of springs and rivers De 8:7; Ps 104:8-10 - Canaan abounded in De 11:11 - Volcanic fires of, alluded to Isa 64:1,2; Jer 51:25; Na 1:5,6 - MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE . Ararat Ge 8:4 . Abarim Nu 33:47,48 . Amalek Jud 12:15 . Bashan Ps 68:15 . Bethel 1Sa 13:2 . Carmel Jos 15:55; 19:26; 2Ki 19:23 . Ebal De 11:29; 27:13 . Ephraim Jos 17:15; Jud 2:9 . Gerizim De 11:29; Jud 9:7 . Gilboa 1Sa 31:1; 2Sa 1:6,21 . Gilead Ge 31:21,25; So 4:1 . Hachilah 1Sa 23:19 . Hermon Jos 13:11 . Hor Nu 20:22; 34:7,8 . Horeb Ex 3:1 . Lebanon De 3:25 . Mizar Ps 42:6 . Moreh Jud 7:1 . Moriah Ge 22:2; 2Ch 3:1 . Nebo (part of Abarim) Nu 32:3; De 34:1 . Olives or mount of corruption 1Ki 11:7; 2Ki 23:13; Lu 21:37 . Pisgah (part of Abarim) Nu 21:20; De 34:1 . Seir Ge 14:6; 36:8 . Sinai Ex 19:2; 18:20,23; 31:18 . Sion 2Sa 5:7 . Tabor Jud 4:6,12,14 - A defence to a country Ps 125:2 - Afford refuge in time of danger Ge 14:10; Jud 6:2; Mt 24:16; Heb 11:38 - Afforded pasturage Ex 3:1; 1Sa 25:7; 1Ki 22:17; Ps 147:8; Am 4:1 - ABOUNDED WITH . Herbs Pr 27:25 . Minerals De 8:9 . Precious things De 33:15 . Stone for building 1Ki 5:14,17; Da 2:45 . Forests 2Ki 19:23; 2Ch 2:2,8-10 . Vineyards 2Ch 26:10; Jer 31:5 . Spices So 4:6; 8:14 . Deer 1Ch 12:8; So 2:8 . Game 1Sa 26:20 . Wild beasts So 4:8; Hab 2:17 - Often inhabited Ge 36:8; Jos 11:21 - Sometimes selected as places for divine worship Ge 22:2,5; Ex 3:12; Isa 2:2 - Often selected as places for idolatrous worship De 12:2; 2Ch 21:11 - Proclamations often made from Isa 40:9 - Beacons or ensigns often raised upon Isa 13:2; 30:17 - ILLUSTRATIVE . Of difficulties Isa 40:4; Zec 4:7; Mt 17:20 . Of persons in authority Ps 72:3; Isa 44:23 . Of the church of God Isa 2:2; Da 2:35,44,45 . Of God's righteousness Ps 36:6 . Of proud and haughty persons Isa 2:14 . (Burning,) of destructive enemies Jer 51:25; Re 8:8 . (Breaking forth into singing,) of exceeding joy Isa 44:23; 55:12 . (Threshing of,) of heavy judgments Isa 41:15 . (Made waste,) of desolation Isa 42:15; Mal 1:3 . (Dropping new wine,) of abundance Am 9:13

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Are among the most sublime and impressive of the Creator’s works on earth, and from the noblest and most enduring monuments of great events. Most of the mountains of Scripture thus stand as witnesses for God—every view of their lofty summits, and every recurrence to them in thought reminding us of the sacred facts and truths connected with them. Thus Mount Ararat is a standing memorial of the deluge of man’s sin, God’s justice, and God’s mercy. Mount Sinai asserts the terrors of the divine law. Mount Carmel summons us, like the prophet Elijah of old, not to "halt between two opinions;" but if Jehovah is God, to love and serve him. The mount of the Transfiguration still shines with the glory of the truths there taught, and Mounts Ebal and Gerizim still echo the curses and the blessings once so solemnly pronounced from them. So Mount Hor, Nebo, Lebanon, and Gilboa have been signalized by striking events; mount Zion, Moriah, and Olivet are covered with precious memories; and the mountains about Jerusalem and all other "everlasting hills" are sacred witnesses of the eternal power and faithfulness of God. Judea was eminently a hilly country; and the sacred poets and prophets drew from the mountains around them many beautiful and sublime illustrations of divine truth. Thus a kingdom is termed a mountain, Ps 30:7, especially the kingdom of Christ, Isa 2:2 11:9 Da 2:35. Thus also difficulty is a "great mountain," Zec 4:7. A revolution is the "carrying of mountains into the midst of the sea," Ps 46:3. God easily and speedily removes every obstacle—"hills melt like wax at the presence of the Lord," Ps 97:5. The integrity of the divine nature is sure and lasting—"Thy righteousness is like the great mountains," Ps 36:6. The eternity of God’s love is pictured out by this comparison: "For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee," Isa 54:10. When David wishes to express the stability of his kingdom, he says, "Lord, by thy favor thou hast made my mountain to stand strong," Ps 30:7. The security and protection afforded by God to his people are thus beautifully delineated: "As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth, even for ever," Ps 125:2. When the prophet would express his faith in God, how pure it was, and what confidence it inspired, far above any assurance which could arise from earthly blessing or defense, he sings, "Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is salvation of Israel," Jer 3:23. The hills of Judea were anciently cultivate to the top, with scores of terraces, and covered with vines, olives, figs, etc. Hence the expression, alluding to the vine of God’s planting, "the hills were covered with the shadow of it," Ps 80:10; and others of the same kind. Travelers say it is a rare thing to pass a mountain, even in the wild parts of Judea, which does not show that it was formerly terraced and made to flow with oil and wine, though it may now be desolate and bare. Says Paxton, "There are many districts that are sadly encumbered with rock, yet the soil among these rocks is of a very superior kind: and were the rock somewhat broken up, the large pieces piled, and the small mixed with the soil, it might be made very productive. There is very striking proof of this in some districts, as that about Hebron, which abounds with rock, and yet is covered with the most productive vineyards. As to such a rocky country being so spoken of in the days of the patriarchs, I suppose that it was in truth, at that time the finest of lands; that the rock which now lies bare in so many places, was then all covered with earth of the richest kind." "Even in those parts where all is now desolate," remarks Dr. Robinson, "there are everywhere traces of the hand of the men of other days... Most of the hills indeed exhibit the remains of terraces built up around them, the undoubted signs of former cultivation." Again, when traveling towards Hebron, he observes, "Many of the former terraces along the hill sides are still in use; and the land looks somewhat as it may have done in ancient times." "We often counted forty, fifty, sixty, and even seventy terraces from the bottom of the valley up to the summit of the mountain... What a garden of delights this must have been, when instead of grass making green the surface, verdant and luxuriant vines were their clothing... We could understand how the words of Joel shall yet be literally true, ‘The mountains shall drop down new wine,’ when every vine on these hills shall be hanging its ripe clusters over the terraces. In observing too the singular manner in which the most rocky mountains have at one time been made, through vast labor and industry, to yield an abundant return to the husbandman, we saw clearly the meaning of the promise in Ezekiel, ‘But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit.’" Narrative of a Mission.