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Jeremiah 4:24
I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jeremiah speaks a prophetic vision of impending judgment to the people of Judah, describing the collapse of the natural order as a sign of divine wrath.
The words — רָאִ֙יתִי (ra'iti) means "I looked at," and רֹעֲשִׁ֑ים (ro'a'shim) translates literally as "[they were] quaking," recording the prophet’s direct observation of the landscape’s violent instability.
The thread — The image of creation trembling under divine judgment runs through Ezekiel 38:20 and Jeremiah 10:10, where the earth and mountains shake in response to God’s wrath.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to acknowledge that human rebellion triggers cosmic consequences and that God’s sovereign power over the physical world is absolute and inescapable.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 38:20 The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, every creature that crawls upon the ground, and all mankind on the face of the earth will tremble at My presence. The mountains will be thrown down, the cliffs will collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground.
- Isaiah 5:25 Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
- Jeremiah 10:10 But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
- Nahum 1:5 The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.
- Judges 5:4 O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
- 1 Kings 19:11 Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
- Psalms 18:7 Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
- Psalms 97:4 His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.
- Psalms 114:4 the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
- Micah 1:4 The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.