Verse 23
Jeremiah 4:23
New King James Version
23
I beheld the earth, and, lo,
it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they
had no light.
Original Language Text
hebrew
רָאִ֨יתִי֙ אֶת הָ/אָ֔רֶץ וְ/הִנֵּה תֹ֖הוּ וָ/בֹ֑הוּ וְ/אֶל הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם וְ/אֵ֥ין אוֹרָֽ/ם
English Translation
I saw the land, and behold, it was formless and empty, and to the heavens, and there was no light.
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Chapter 4 Context
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2
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3
For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not...
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4
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and in...
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5
Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather...
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6
Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great...
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7
The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone fo...
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8
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned ba...
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9
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD,
that
the heart of the king shall perish, and...
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10
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye s...
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11
At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the...
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12
Even
a full wind from those
places
shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.
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13
Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots
shall be
as a whirlwind: his horses are swifte...
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14
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain th...
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15
For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
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16
Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem,
that watchers come from a far cou...
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17
As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me...
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18
Thy way and thy doings have procured these
things unto thee; this
is thy wickedness, because it is b...
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19
My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my...
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20
Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled,...
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21
How long shall I see the standard,
and hear the sound of the trumpet?
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22
For my people
is foolish, they have not known me; they
are sottish children, and they have none unde...
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23
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.
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25
I beheld, and, lo,
there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
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26
I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place
was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down...
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27
For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
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28
For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken
it, I have pur...
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29
The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and...
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30
And
when thou
art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou...
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31
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail,
and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her...
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