Mic 1:4 | NETfull | STEP | The mountains will disintegrate beneath him, and the valleys will be split in two. The mountains will melt like wax in a fire, the rocks will slide down like water cascading down a steep slope.

Micah 1:4

4 The mountains will disintegrate ^{▼▼ 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 be split in two. ^{▼▼ The mountains will disintegrate…the valleys will be split in two. This imagery pictures an earthquake and accompanying landslide.}
The mountains will melt ^{▼▼ The words “the mountains will melt” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The simile extends back to the first line of the verse.} like wax in a fire,
the rocks will slide down like water cascading down a steep slope. ^{▼▼ The words “the rocks will slide down” are supplied in the translation for clarification. This simile elaborates on the prior one and further develops the imagery of the verse’s first line.}