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Jeremiah 4:24 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 4 · verse 24
I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.Jeremiah 4:24 · King James Version
Jeremiah 4:24 in context
22For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
25I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
26I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- mountainshara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- trembledrâʻashto undulate (as the earth, the sky, etcH7493 →
- beheldrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- hillsgibʻâha hillockH1389 →
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The prophet is here in an agony, and cries out like one upon the rack of pain with some acute distemper, or as a woman in travail. The expressions are very pathetic and moving, enough to melt a heart of stone into compassion: My bowels! my bowels! I am pained at my very heart;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-31