Jeremiah 4:23-29
New American Standard Bible
23 I looked at the earth, and behold, it was a [a](A)formless and desolate emptiness;
And to the heavens, and they had no light.
24 I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were (B)quaking,
And all the hills jolted back and forth.
25 I looked, and behold, there was no human,
And all the (C)birds of the sky had fled.
26 I looked, and behold, [b]the (D)fruitful land was a wilderness,
And all its cities were pulled down
Before the Lord, before His fierce anger.
27 For this is what the Lord says:
“The (E)whole land shall be a desolation,
Yet I will (F)not execute a complete destruction.
28 For this the (G)earth will mourn,
And the (H)heavens above will become dark,
Because I have (I)spoken, I have purposed,
And I have not [c]changed My mind, nor will I turn from it.”
29 At the sound of the horseman and archer (J)every city flees;
They (K)go into the thickets and climb among the rocks;
(L)Every city is abandoned,
And no one lives in them.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 4:23 Or waste
- Jeremiah 4:26 Or Carmel
- Jeremiah 4:28 Or been sorry
Jeremiah 4:23-29
Lexham English Bible
23 I looked at the earth, and behold, it was wasteland and emptiness,
and to the heavens, and they were without their light.
24 I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking,
and all of the hills were jolted to and fro.
25 I looked and behold, there was no person,
and all of the birds[a] of the sky had fled.
26 I looked and behold, the fruitful land was a desert,[b]
and all of its cities were ruined before Yahweh,
before the face of his burning anger.[c]
27 For thus says Yahweh, “All of the land will be a desolation,
yet I will not make a complete desolation.
28 Because of this the earth will mourn,
and the heavens above will become dark.
Because I have spoken, I have planned,
and I have not relented, and I will not turn back from it.”
29 From the sound of a horseman and an archer[d] every town flees,
they enter in the thickets and among the rocks they climb.
Every town is forsaken,
and there is no person who lives in them.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 4:25 Hebrew “bird”
- Jeremiah 4:26 Or “wilderness”
- Jeremiah 4:26 Literally “the blaze of his nose”
- Jeremiah 4:29 Literally “one who shoots arrows of a bow”
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