Mic 1:3-4 | NET2full | STEP | Look , the Lord is coming out of his dwelling place ! He will descend and march on the earth’s mountaintops !

‏ Micah 1:3-4

3 Look, ^{▼▼tn Or “For look.” The expression כִּי־הִנֵּה (ki-hinneh) may function as an explanatory introduction (“For look!”; Isa 26:21; 60:2; 65:17, 18: 66:15; Jer 1:15; 25:29; 30:10; 45:5; 46:27; 50:9; Ezek 30:9; 36:9; Zech 2:10; 3:8), or as an emphatic introduction (“Look!”; Jdgs 3:15; Isa 3:1; Jer 8:17; 30:3; 49:15; Hos 9:6; Joel 3:1 [4:1 HT]; Amos 4:2, 13; 6:11, 14; 9:9; Hab 1:6; Zech 2:9 [2:13 HT]; Zech 3:9; 11:16).} the Lord is coming out of his dwelling place!
He will descend and march on the earth’s mountaintops! ^{▼▼tn Or “high places” (KJV, NASB, NIV84, NRSV, NLT); NIV11 “heights.”}
4 The mountains will crumble ^{▼▼tn Or “melt” (NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). This is a figurative description of earthquakes, landslides, and collapse of the mountains, rather than some sort of volcanic activity (note the remainder of the verse).} beneath him,
and the valleys will split apart ^{▼▼tn Or “rupture.” This may refer to the appearance of a valley after the blockage of a landslide has effectively divided it.}
like wax before a fire,
like water dumped down a steep slope.