A moment in scripture
Jeremiah 4:24
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I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
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The surrounding passage
- Jeremiah 4:22
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.
- Jeremiah 4:23
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
- Jeremiah 4:25
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
- Jeremiah 4:26
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.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.