Jeremiah 4:24

²² “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

²³ I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.

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

²⁵ I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.

²⁶ I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn down before the LORD, before His fierce anger.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
KJV: I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
WEB: I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.
ASV: I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.
DARBY: I beheld the mountains, and lo, they trembled, and all the hills shook violently.
BLB: I looked [upon] the mountains, and behold—they [began] shaking, and all the hills were swaying.

ÅB: Jeg så fjellene, og se, de bevet, og alle haugene skalv.
OTB: Jeg så på fjellene, og de skalv; alle høydene svaiet.
B1930: Jeg så fjellene, og se, de bevet, og alle haugene skalv.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

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.
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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 lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
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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.
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Nahum 1:5–6
The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.
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Judges 5:4–5
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.
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Psalms 18:7
Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
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Psalms 114:4–7
the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
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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.
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