I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.
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I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.
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I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
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I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.
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Passages linked to Jeremiah 4:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezekiel 38:20 so that the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, all creeping things who creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the surface of the earth will shake at my presence. Then the mountains will be thrown down, the steep places will fall, and every wall will fall to the ground.
- Isaiah 5:25 Therefore Yahweh’s anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them and has struck them. The mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the middle of the streets. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is still stretched out.
- Jeremiah 10:10 But Yahweh is the true God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles. The nations aren’t able to withstand his indignation.
- Nahum 1:5-6 The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it. Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
- Judges 5:4-5 “Yahweh, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water. The mountains quaked Yahweh’s presence, even Sinai at the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- 1 Kings 19:11 He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before Yahweh.” Behold, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Yahweh; but Yahweh was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake; but Yahweh was not in the earthquake.
- Psalms 18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
- Psalms 97:4 His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles.
- Psalms 114:4-7 The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs. What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back? You mountains, that you skipped like rams; you little hills, like lambs? Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
- Micah 1:4 The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart, like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place.
- Psalms 77:18 The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook.
- Jeremiah 8:16 The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan. The whole land trembles at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell therein.”
- Habakkuk 3:6 He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.
- Habakkuk 3:10 The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain Jeremiah descends afterwards from heaven to mountains, and says…
Jeremiah descends afterwards from heaven to mountains, and says that they trembled, and that all the hills moved or shook; some say, destroyed, but I know not for what reason, for the Prophet no doubt confirms the same thing by another phrase: and as he had said, that mountains trembled, so he also adds, that hills shook; and this is the proper meaning of the verb. Now the reason why he speaks of mountains and hills is evident; for a greater stability seems to belong to them than to level grounds, inasmuch as mountains are for the most part stony, and have their roots most firmly fixed in rocks. Were indeed the whole world to be thrown into confusion, the mountains seem to be so firmly based that no commotion could affect them: but the Prophet says, that they trembled, and that the hills shook
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jer 4:24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they…
Jer 4:24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
Ver. 24. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled.] War is a woe that no words, how wide soever, can sufficiently utter.
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And all the hills moved lightly.] As being lightened of their burden, saith a Rabbi, trees and houses.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He proceeds in his figurative elegancies: q.d. Behold how…
He proceeds in his figurative elegancies: q.d. Behold how the mountains of Judea tremble! a like expression Psa 18:7,8; Isa 5:25; as if the very senseless creatures were astonished at the greatness of God’s anger; and he mentions these as being the most stable part of the earth, yet shake before him.
All the hills moved lightly; as easily as if they were some very light matter, or as dust or feathers in a whirlwind. See Psa 114:4,6. Or these may be said hyperbolically to tremble and move by reason of the multitudes of trampling and prancing horses and chariots furiously passing over them.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled,.... At…
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, Psa 68:8,
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.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Trembled - He proceeds in his figurative expressions. Behold…
Trembled - He proceeds in his figurative expressions. Behold how the very mountains of Judea tremble! Moved - As easily as dust, or feathers in a whirl-wind.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 24. The mountains - hills] Princes, rulers, &c.,…
Verse 24. The mountains - hills] Princes, rulers, &c., were astonished and fled.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain mountains-- (Isa 5:25).
mountains-- (Isa 5:25).
moved lightly--shook vehemently.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 24. moved to and fro] mg. moved lightly.
24. moved to and fro] mg. moved lightly.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (24) The mountains, and, lo, they trembled.—The great earthquake…
(24) The mountains, and, lo, they trembled.—The great earthquake in the days of Uzziah (Amo_1:1), of which we find traces in Isaiah (Isa_24:19-20), had probably made imagery of this kind familiar.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Moved lightly; rather, moved to and fro.
Moved lightly; rather, moved to and fro.
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