Jeremiah 4:24

“I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, etc.] At the presence of God, at the tokens of his displeasure, and at his awful vengeance in the destruction of the Jews, as they are sometimes said to do, (<196808>Psalm 68:8 114:6,7 <350306>Habakkuk 3:6,10): and all the hills moved lightly; so Kimchi’s father says the word used has the signification of lightness; though Jarchi, from Menachem, explains it, they were plucked up, and thrown out of their place; and some render it, were pulled down and destroyed, so the Targum. Mountains and hills are most stable, and not easily moved, wherefore this is said, to aggravate the desolation and destruction.”

“mountains-- (Isa 5:25). moved lightly--shook vehemently.”

“In four verses each beginning with “I beheld,” the prophet sees in vision the desolate condition of Judaea during the Babylonian captivity. Jeremiah 4:23 Without form, and void - Desolate and void (see Genesis 1:2 note). The land has returned to a state of chaos (marginal reference note). And the heavens - And upward to the heavens. The imagery is that of the last day of judgment. To Jeremiah’s vision all was as though the day of the Lord had come, and earth returned to the state in which it was before the first creative word (see 2 Peter 3:10). Jeremiah 4:24 Moved lightly - “Reeled to and fro,” from the violence of the earthquake. Jeremiah 4:26 The fruitful place - The Carmel Jeremiah 2:7,…”

“Trembled - He proceeds in his figurative expressions. Behold how the very mountains of Judea tremble! Moved - As easily as dust, or feathers in a whirl - wind. Jeremiah 4:25”

“mountains: Jer 8:16, Jer 10:10; Jdg 5:4, Jdg 5:5; Kg1 19:11; Psa 18:7, Psa 77:18, Psa 97:4, Psa 114:4-7; Isa 5:25; Eze 38:20; Mic 1:4; Nah 1:5, Nah 1:6; Hab 3:6, Hab 3:10 Jeremiah 4:25”