Jeremiah 4:24

²² For 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.

²³ I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

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

²⁵ I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

²⁶ I 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.

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
So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
Read in context
Isaiah 5:25
Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Read in context
Jeremiah 10:10
But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
Read in context
Nahum 1:5–6
The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Read in context
Judges 5:4–5
LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
Read in context
Psalms 18:7
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
Read in context
Psalms 114:4–7
The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
Read in context
Micah 1:4
And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
Read in context