Jeremiah 4:23

I looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was not; and to the sky, and there was no light in it.

Brenton Septuagint

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

22For the princes of my people have not known me, they are foolish and unwise children: they are wise to do evil, but how to do good they have not known.

24I beheld the mountains, and they trembled, and I saw all the hills in commotion.

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:30And he shall roar on account of them in that day, as the sound of the swelling sea; and they shall look to the land, and, behold, there shall be thick darkness in their perplexity.

Isaiah 24:19the earth shall be utterly confounded, and the earth shall be completely perplexed.

Ezekiel 32:7And I will veil the heavens when thou art extinguished, and will darken the stars thereof; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

Amos 8:9And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that the sun shall go down at noon, and the light shall be darkened on the earth by day:

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 →

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