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Jeremiah 4:25

23 I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.

24 I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.

I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.

26 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn down before the LORD, before His fierce anger.

27 For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.

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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.

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BSB
I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.
KJV
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
WEB
I saw, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky had fled.
ASV
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
DARBY
I beheld, and lo, man was not, and all the fowl of the heavens were fled.
BLB
I looked, and behold—there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens had fled.
ÅB
Jeg så, og se, det var intet menneske mere, og alle himmelens fugler var fløyet bort.
OTB
Jeg så, og det var ingen mennesker; hver fugl på himmelen hadde fløyet bort.
B1930
Jeg så, og se, det var intet menneske mere, og alle himmelens fugler var fløiet bort.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Zephaniah 1:2–3

    “I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 12:4

    How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”

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  • Jeremiah 9:10

    I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.

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  • Hosea 4:3

    Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.

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