Jeremiah 4:24

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“I have looked <FI>to<Fi> the mountains, And lo, they are trembling. And all the hills moved themselves lightly.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 4:24 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 5:4O 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.
  2. 1 Kings 19:11Then 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.
  3. Psalms 18:7Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
  4. Psalms 77:18Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
  5. Psalms 97:4His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.
  6. Psalms 114:4the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
  7. Isaiah 5:25Therefore 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.
  8. Isaiah 13:13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.
  9. Isaiah 24:20The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.
  10. Jeremiah 8:16The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.
  11. Jeremiah 10:10But 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.
  12. Ezekiel 38:20The 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.
  13. Micah 1:4The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
  14. Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.
  15. Habakkuk 3:6He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
  16. Habakkuk 3:10The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.

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