Jeremiah 4:23
I gazed upon the earth, and behold, it was empty and brought to nothing. And I gazed upon the heavens, but there was no light in them.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
In Context
24I watched the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills were shaken.
Cross References
Isaiah 5:30And in that day, they will make a noise over it, like the sound of the sea. We will gaze out toward the land, and behold, the darkness of the tribulation, and even the light has been darkened by its gloom.
Isaiah 24:19The earth will be utterly broken! The earth will be utterly crushed! The earth will be utterly shaken!
Ezekiel 32:7And I will cover heaven, when you will have been extinguished. And I will cause its stars to grow dark. I will shroud the sun with gloom, and the moon will not give her light.
Joel 2:30And I will grant wonders in the sky and on earth: blood and fire and the vapor of smoke.
Amos 8:9And it will be in that day, says the Lord God, that the sun will decline at midday, and I will cause the earth to become dark on the day of light.
Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 4:20-31
Punishment Predicted. ( b. c. 620.) 19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. 20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. 21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? 22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and… Read the whole commentary →