Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsI beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.
I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
I have looked to the mountains, And lo, they are trembling. And all the hills moved themselves lightly.
I beheld the mountains, and lo, they trembled, and all the hills shook violently.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile