Jeremiah 4:25

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

I looked, and behold—there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens had fled.

Latin

Intuitus sum, et non erat homo: et omne volatile cæli recessit.

Hebrew

English

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

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).

Zephaniah 1:2–3
“I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
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.”
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.
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.