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I saw the mountains, and, behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.
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The Unshakable is Shaken
Commentators explain that Jeremiah uses the image of trembling mountains—the most stable features of the earth—to illustrate the terrifying power of God's judgment. When God acts in wrath against sin, the very foundations of the created order are shaken, showing that nothing is secure apart from Him. This imagery, described as a kind of "de-creation," highlights the absolute severity of divine anger.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In four verses, each beginning with “I beheld,” the prophet sees in vision the desolate condition of Judea during the Babylonian captivity.
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19th Century
Anglican
The mountains, and, lo, they trembled.— The great earthquake in the days of Uzziah (Amos 1:1), of which we fi…
Baptist
Now all this did happen. It all came to pass. Palestine, the glorious garden of God, was made as dreary as a wilderness. It is not much better now.…
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16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet in this passage elaborates in highly metaphorical language on the terror of God’s vengeance, so that he might rouse the Jews, who were …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled At the presence of God, at the tokens of his displeasure, and at his …
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,…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet shows the effect of the destruction.
