Jeremiah 4:23

I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.

Majority Standard Bible

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

22“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

24I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:30In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.

Isaiah 24:19The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.

Ezekiel 32:7When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.

Joel 2:30I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.

Amos 8:9And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.

Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never 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 →

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