מדרש על חבקוק 3:16

You find that when the Holy One, blessed be He, desired to give the law to Israel, He offered it first to the nations of the world, but they would not accept it. Whereupon He determined to return the world to its original state, as it is said: He standeth, and shaketh the earth; He beholdeth, and maketh the nations to tremble (Hab. 3:16). But after Israel accepted the law, the world was permitted to endure. Therefore, And God spoke.