Jeremiah 4:23

I haue looked vpon the earth, and loe, it was without forme and voide: and to the heauens, and they had no light.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 haue not knowen me: they are foolish children, and haue none vnderstanding: they are wise to doe euill, but to doe well they haue no knowledge.

24I behelde the mountaines: and loe, they trembled and all the hilles shooke.

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:30And in that day they shall roare vpon them, as the roaring of the sea: and if they looke vnto the earth, beholde darkenesse, and sorowe, and the light shalbe darkened in their skie.

Isaiah 24:19The earth is vtterly broken downe: the earth is cleane dissolued: the earth is mooued exceedingly.

Ezekiel 32:7And when I shall put thee out, I will couer the heauen, and make the starres thereof darke: I will couer the sunne with a cloude, and the moone shall not giue her light.

Joel 2:30And I will shewe wonders in the heauens and in the earth: blood and fire, and pillars of smoke.

Amos 8:9And in that day, saith the Lord God, I will euen cause the sunne to go downe at noone: and I will darken the earth in the cleare day.

Matthew 24:35Heauen and earth shall passe away: but my wordes shall not passe 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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