A brief Bible study. The following, taken from Unger's Bible Dictionary, is helpfully instructive as to the significance of mountains spoken of in the Bible. By looking up the references given, spiritual knowledge will be acquired through the study of the subject that will be profitable to the soul.

Mountain is used as symbolical of strength, stability. Thus when David says, "Lord, by Thy favor Thou hast made my mountain to stand strong" (Psa. 30:7), he means to express the stability of his kingdom. In like manner the kingdom of the Messiah is figured by a mountain (Isa. 2:2; Dan. 2:35), as also the Chaldean monarchy (Jer. 51:25; Zech. 4:7). Mountains are frequently used to signify places or sources of strength (Jer. 3:23); the righteousness of God (Psa. 36:6); persons in authority (Psa. 72:3); difficulties (Isa. 40:4; Zech. 4:7; Matt. 17:20); proud and haughty persons (Isa. 2:14); burning mountain, of destroying enemies (Jer. 51:25); a threshed mountain, heavy judgments (Isa. 41:15); a mountain laid waste is figurative of desolation (Isa. 42:15; Mal. 1:3); singing mountains, of great joy (Isa. 44:23; 55:12); of dropping new wine, of abundance (Amos 9:13).