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Tuesday, August 5th, 2025
the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
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Brenton's Septuagint

Jeremiah 4:25

I looked, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky were scared.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Condescension of God;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   War;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Birds;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Chaos;   Desert;   Kir-Hareseth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bird;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jeremiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Birds;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I looked, and there was no human being,and all the birds of the sky had fled.
Hebrew Names Version
I saw, and, behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky were fled.
King James Version
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
English Standard Version
I looked, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the air had fled.
New American Standard Bible
I looked, and behold, there was no human, And all the birds of the sky had fled.
New Century Version
I looked, and there were no people. Every bird in the sky had flown away.
Amplified Bible
I looked, and behold, there was no man, And all the birds of the air had fled.
World English Bible
I saw, and, behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky were fled.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I behelde, and loe, there was no man, and all the birdes of the heauen were departed.
Legacy Standard Bible
I saw, and behold, there was no man,And all the birds of the sky had fled.
Berean Standard Bible
I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.
Contemporary English Version
no people could be seen, and all the birds had flown away.
Complete Jewish Bible
I looked, and there was no human being; all the birds in the air had fled.
Darby Translation
I beheld, and lo, man was not, and all the fowl of the heavens were fled.
Easy-to-Read Version
I looked, but there were no people. All the birds of the sky had flown away.
George Lamsa Translation
I looked, and, behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the air had fled.
Good News Translation
I saw that there were no people; even the birds had flown away.
Lexham English Bible
I looked and behold, there was no person, and all of the birds of the sky had fled.
Literal Translation
I looked, and, behold! There was no man, and all the birds of the skies had fled.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I loked aboute me, and there was no body, and all the byrdes of the ayre were awaye.
American Standard Version
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
Bible in Basic English
Looking, I saw that there was no man, and all the birds of heaven had gone in flight.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
King James Version (1611)
I behelde, and loe, there was no man, and all the birdes of the heauens were fled.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I loked about me, and there was no body: and all the birdes of the ayre were away.
English Revised Version
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y lokide, and no man was, and ech brid of heuene was gon a wey.
Update Bible Version
I looked and saw that man wasn't there, and all the birds of the heavens had fled.
Webster's Bible Translation
I beheld, and lo, [there was] no man, and all the fowls of the heavens had fled.
New English Translation
I looked and saw that there were no more people, and that all the birds in the sky had flown away.
New King James Version
I beheld, and indeed there was no man, And all the birds of the heavens had fled.
New Living Translation
I looked, and all the people were gone. All the birds of the sky had flown away.
New Life Bible
I looked and saw that there were no people. And all the birds of the heavens had left.
New Revised Standard
I looked, and lo, there was no one at all, and all the birds of the air had fled.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I beheld, And lo! there was no human being, - Yea, all the birds of the heavens! had fled:
Douay-Rheims Bible
I beheld, and lo there was no man: and all the birds of the air were gone.
Revised Standard Version
I looked, and lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the air had fled.
Young's Literal Translation
I have looked, and lo, man is not, And all fowls of the heavens have fled.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
I looked, and behold, there was no man, And all the birds of the heavens had fled.

Contextual Overview

19 I am pained in my bowels, my bowels, and the sensitive powers of my heart; my soul is in great commotion, my heart is torn: I will not be silent, for my soul has heard the sound of a trumpet, the cry of war, and of distress: it calls on destruction; 20 for all the land is distressed: suddenly my tabernacle is distressed, my curtains have been rent asunder. 21 How long shall I see fugitives, and hear the sound of the trumpet? 22 For the princes of my people have not known me, they are foolish and unwise children: they are wise to do evil, but how to do good they have not known. 23 I looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was not; and to the sky, an there was no light in it. 24 I beheld the mountains, and they trembled, and I saw all the hills in commotion. 25 I looked, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky were scared. 26 I saw, and, behold, Carmel was desert, and all the cities were burnt with fire at the presence of the Lord, and at the presence of his fierce anger they were utterly destroyed. 27 Thus saith the Lord, The whole land shall be desolate; but I will not make a full end. 28 For these things let the earth mourn, and let the sky be dark above: for I have spoken, and I will not repent; I have purposed, and I will not turn back from it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

there was no man: Hosea 4:3, Zephaniah 1:2, Zephaniah 1:3

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 9:10 - both Jeremiah 12:4 - the beasts

Cross-References

Genesis 4:1
And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and brought forth Cain and said, I have gained a man through God.
Genesis 4:3
And it was so after some time that Cain brought of the fruits of the earth a sacrifice to the Lord.
Genesis 4:4
And Abel also brought of the first born of his sheep and of his fatlings, and God looked upon Abel and his gifts,
Genesis 4:8
And Cain said to Abel his brother, Let us go out into the plain; and it came to pass that when they were in the plain Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
Genesis 4:10
And the Lord said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood cries to me out of the ground.
Genesis 4:11
And now thou art cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand.
1 Chronicles 1:1
Adam, Seth, Enos,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I beheld, and, lo, there was no man,.... No people dwelling in it, as the Targum; the land was without inhabitants, they were either killed with the sword, or taken and carried captive into Babylon, or fled into Egypt and other countries:

and all the birds of the heavens were fled; at the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war; at the blackness of the heavens, filled with smoke; at the barrenness of the earth, there being no seed sown; and the earth, as at the first creation, having no herb, nor trees bearing fruit, and so no food for birds; and therefore they went elsewhere, both wild and tame.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In four verses each beginning with “I beheld,” the prophet sees in vision the desolate condition of Judaea during the Babylonian captivity.

Jeremiah 4:23

Without form, and void - Desolate and void (see Genesis 1:2 note). The land has returned to a state of chaos (marginal reference note).

And the heavens - And upward to the heavens. The imagery is that of the last day of judgment. To Jeremiah’s vision all was as though the day of the Lord had come, and earth returned to the state in which it was before the first creative word (see 2 Peter 3:10).

Jeremiah 4:24

Moved lightly - “Reeled to and fro,” from the violence of the earthquake.

Jeremiah 4:26

The fruitful place - The Carmel Jeremiah 2:7, where the population had been most dense, and the labors of the farmer most richly rewarded, has become the wilderness.

At the presence - i. e., because of, at the command of Yahweh, and because of His anger.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 4:25. The birds of the heavens were fled. — The land was so desolated that even the fowls of heaven could not find meat, and therefore fled away to another region. How powerfully energetic is this description! See Zephaniah 1:3.


 
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