Jeremiah 4:23

I look to the earth, and lo! emptiness and desolation; To the heavens, and there is no light.

Noyes 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

22My people is foolish, They have no regard to me; Stupid children are they, And have no understanding; They are wise to do evil, But for doing good they have no knowledge.

24I look to the mountains, and lo! they tremble, And all the hills shake.

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:30Yea, in that day shall they roar against them like the roaring of the sea; And if one look to the land, behold darkness and sorrow, And the light is darkened by its clouds.

Isaiah 24:19The earth is utterly broken down; The earth is shattered in pieces; The earth is violently moved from her place.

Ezekiel 32:7And I will cover the heavens, when I quench thee, And make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, And the moon shall not give her light.

Joel 2:30And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth; Blood and fire, and pillars of smoke.

Amos 8:9It shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, That I will cause the sun to go down at noon, And will darken the land in the clear day.

Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will 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 →

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