Judges 5:5

The mountains melted from before the Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel.

Cross-reference

Exodus 19:18 Historical context

Exodus 19:18 describes the very Sinai theophany referenced here — the mountain trembling at God's descent in fire.

Deuteronomy 4:11 Historical context

Deuteronomy 4:11 recalls Sinai with fire and darkness, the very mountain where the One of Sinai appeared—connecting to Judges' quaking mountains.

Deuteronomy 5:22–25 Historical context

Deuteronomy 5:22-25 expands on the Sinai theophany with fire, darkness, and the people's terror — background to the quaking mountains in Deborah's song.

Psalm 114:4 Parallel

Psalm 114:4 pictures mountains leaping like rams, vividly paralleling the mountains quaking before the Lord in Judges.

Isaiah 64:1-3 directly states 'mountains trembled before you,' matching the quaking mountains in Deborah's song.

Nahum 1:5 Allusion

Nahum 1:5 says mountains quake and hills melt at God's presence, directly echoing the theophany in Judges.

Habakkuk 3:10 again shows mountains writhing, reinforcing the trembling response of creation to God's march.

Hebrews 12:18 contrasts the terrifying Sinai (the mountain quaking here) with the gentler Mount Zion of the new covenant.

Deuteronomy 33:2 poetically describes God coming from Sinai, echoing the same theophanic imagery of the Lord's arrival.

Psalm 68:8 Parallel

Psalm 68:8 closely parallels this verse, using nearly identical language about God of Sinai causing the earth to shake.

Isaiah 64:3 Allusion

Isaiah 64:3 recalls the same tradition of mountains trembling at God's coming down — a direct allusion to the Sinai theophany.

Exodus 20:18 Historical context

Exodus 20:18 shows the people trembling at Sinai — complementing the mountains quaking in Deborah's song about God's power.

Psalm 97:5 Parallel

Psalm 97:5 says mountains melt like wax before the Lord, a similar theophanic image to the quaking mountains in Judges.

In Habakkuk 3:6, mountains are scattered and hills bow—similar to the mountains melting, both showing divine power over creation.

Galatians 4:25 Historical context

Galatians 4:25 identifies Mount Sinai in Arabia, the same mountain referenced here, but uses it allegorically.