Jeremiah 4:23

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

I looked upon the earth, and behold—it was formless and void; and to the heavens, and there was no light in them.

Latin

Aspexi terram, et ecce vacua erat et nihili; et cælos, et non erat lux in eis.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Jeremiah 4:23–26

In Jeremiah's vision, the Lord's intense anger was more important than his creative love (Jeremiah 10:10; 12:4; Isaiah 5:25; 24:19; Ezekiel 38:20; Zephaniah 1:3). He was reversing the order of creation (see Genesis 1:2–3).

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Matthew 24:29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
Mark 13:24–25
But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
Joel 3:15–16
The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
Genesis 1:2
Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Luke 21:25–26
There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.
Ezekiel 32:7–8
When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
Amos 8:9
And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
Joel 2:10
Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
Joel 2:30–31
I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
Acts 2:19–20
I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
Isaiah 5:30
In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Jeremiah (Person)

Topics

Condescension of God: Expostulates with Backsliding Israel Darkness: Over the Face of the Earth Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments War: Evils of

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