Jeremiah 4:23

רָאִיתִי אֶת ־ הָאָרֶץ וְהִנֵּה ־ תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְאֶל ־ הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵין אוֹרָֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

22כִּי ׀ אֱוִיל עַמִּי אוֹתִי לֹא יָדָעוּ בָּנִים סְכָלִים הֵמָּה וְלֹא נְבוֹנִים הֵמָּה חֲכָמִים הֵמָּה לְהָרַע וּלְהֵיטִיב לֹא יָדָֽעוּ ׃

24רָאִיתִי הֶֽהָרִים וְהִנֵּה רֹעֲשִׁים וְכָל ־ הַגְּבָעוֹת הִתְקַלְקָֽלוּ ׃

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:30וְיִנְהֹם עָלָיו בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא כְּנַהֲמַת ־ יָם וְנִבַּט לָאָרֶץ וְהִנֵּה ־ חֹשֶׁךְ צַר וָאוֹר חָשַׁךְ בַּעֲרִיפֶֽיהָ ׃ פ

Isaiah 24:19רֹעָה הִֽתְרֹעֲעָה הָאָרֶץ פּוֹר הִֽתְפּוֹרְרָה אֶרֶץ מוֹט הִֽתְמוֹטְטָה אָֽרֶץ ׃

Amos 8:9וְהָיָה ׀ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה וְהֵבֵאתִי הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בַּֽצָּהֳרָיִם וְהַחֲשַׁכְתִּי לָאָרֶץ בְּיוֹם אֽוֹר ׃

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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