24 I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
24 I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, and all the hills moved to and fro.
24 I looked at the mountains - they were trembling like aspen leaves, And all the hills rocking back and forth in the wind.
24 I beheld the mountains, and indeed they trembled, And all the hills moved back and forth.
24 I looked at the mountains and hills, and they trembled and shook.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 4:24
Commentary on Jeremiah 4:19-31
(Read Jeremiah 4:19-31)
The prophet had no pleasure in delivering messages of wrath. He is shown in a vision the whole land in confusion. Compared with what it was, every thing is out of order; but the ruin of the Jewish nation would not be final. Every end of our comforts is not a full end. Though the Lord may correct his people very severely, yet he will not cast them off. Ornaments and false colouring would be of no avail. No outward privileges or profession, no contrivances would prevent destruction. How wretched the state of those who are like foolish children in the concerns of their souls! Whatever we are ignorant of, may the Lord make of good understanding in the ways of godliness. As sin will find out the sinner, so sorrow will, sooner or later, find out the secure.