Jeremiah 4:23

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 they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

²⁴ I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

²⁵ I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
KJV: I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
WEB: I saw the earth and, behold, it was waste and void, and the heavens, and they had no light.
ASV: I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
DARBY: I beheld the earth, and lo, it was waste and empty; and the heavens, and they had no light.
BLB: I looked [upon] the earth, and behold—[it was] formless and void; and to the heavens, and there was no light [in] them.

ÅB: Jeg så jorden, og se, den var øde og tom; jeg så til himmelen, og dens lys var borte.
OTB: Jeg så på jorden, og den var formløs og tom; og på himmelen, og deres lys var borte.
B1930: Jeg så jorden, og se, den var øde og tom; jeg så til himmelen, og dens lys var borte.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Matthew 24:29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
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Mark 13:24–25
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
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Joel 3:15–16
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
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Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
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Genesis 1:2
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
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Luke 21:25–26
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
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Ezekiel 32:7–8
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
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Amos 8:9
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
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