Jeremiah 4:23
I looked [to] the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not.
Young's Literal Translation
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
Cross References
Isaiah 5:30And it howleth against it in that day as the howling of a sea, And it hath looked attentively to the land, And lo, darkness — distress, And light hath been darkened by its abundance!
Isaiah 24:19Utterly broken down hath been the land, Utterly broken hath been the land, Utterly moved hath been the land.
Ezekiel 32:7And in quenching thee I have covered the heavens, And have made black their stars, The sun with a cloud I do cover, And the moon causeth not its light to shine.
Joel 2:30And I have given wonders in the heavens, and in the earth, Blood and fire, and columns of smoke.
Amos 8:9And it hath come to pass in that day, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I have caused the sun to go in at noon, And caused darkness on the land in a day of light,
Matthew 24:35The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall 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 →