Jeremiah 4:24-25

4:24 I looked at the mountains and saw that they were shaking.

All the hills were swaying back and forth!

4:25 I looked and saw that there were no more people, ¹ 

and that all the birds in the sky had flown away.

Jeremiah 8:15

8:15 We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it.

We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror. ² 

[4:25]  ¹ tn Heb “there was no man/human being.”

[8:15]  ¹ tn Heb “[We hoped] for a time of healing but behold terror.”