The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
Even the pillars or supports of heaven tremble and are filled with astonished awe at God's rebuke and reproof, showing how powerful His reproof is. This trembling displays His command over nature and the greatness of His power, of which human understanding perceives only a faint whisper.
It expresses His power to shake the created order by His word. It illustrates His power to dissolve the frame of nature and to overturn or destroy what appears firm and substantial.
It means He has power to dissolve the whole frame of nature in one short hour, to turn things upside down, and to destroy the firmest and most substantial things people build. It belongs together with His removing mountains and overturning them in anger, shaking the earth out of its place, making mountains quake, melting hills, and burning the earth at His presence.
Even the pillars or supports of heaven tremble and are filled with astonished awe at God's rebuke and reproof, showing how powerful His reproof is. This trembling displays His command over nature and the greatness of His power, of which human understanding perceives only a faint whisper.
It expresses His power to shake the created order by His word. It illustrates His power to dissolve the frame of nature and to overturn or destroy what appears firm and substantial.
It means He has power to dissolve the whole frame of nature in one short hour, to turn things upside down, and to destroy the firmest and most substantial things people build. It belongs together with His removing mountains and overturning them in anger, shaking the earth out of its place, making mountains quake, melting hills, and burning the earth at His presence.