Jeremiah 4:23

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 My people is foolish, they know Me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:30And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea; and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and distress, and the light is darkened in the skies thereof.

Isaiah 24:19The earth is broken, broken down, the earth is crumbled in pieces, the earth trembleth and tottereth;

Ezekiel 32:7And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof black; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

Joel 2:30(3-3) And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

Amos 8:9And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear 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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