Jeremiah 4:24

24 I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.

Jeremiah 4:24 in Other Translations

24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

24 I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, and all the hills moved to and fro.

24 I looked at the mountains and hills, and they trembled and shook.

24 I looked at the mountains - they were trembling like aspen leaves, And all the hills rocking back and forth in the wind.

24 I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills shook.

Jeremiah 4:24 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 4:24

I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled
At the presence of God, at the tokens of his displeasure, and at his awful vengeance in the destruction of the Jews, as they are sometimes said to do, ( Psalms 68:8 ) ( Psalms 114:6 Psalms 114:7 ) ( Habakkuk 3:6 Habakkuk 3:10 ) : and all the hills moved lightly;
so Kimchi's father says the word used has the signification of lightness; though Jarchi, from Menachem, explains it, they were plucked up, and thrown out of their place; and some render it, were pulled down and destroyed, so the Targum. Mountains and hills are most stable, and not easily moved, wherefore this is said, to aggravate the desolation and destruction.

Jeremiah 4:24 In-Context

22 “My people are fools; they do not know me. They are senseless children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil; they know not how to do good.”

23 I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty; and at the heavens, and their light was gone.

24 I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.

25 I looked, and there were no people; every bird in the sky had flown away.

26 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert; all its towns lay in ruins before the LORD, before his fierce anger.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 19:18; S Job 9:6; Isaiah 5:25; Ezekiel 38:20