the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Jeremiah 4:25
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I looked, and there was no human being,and all the birds of the sky had fled.
I saw, and, behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky were fled.
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
I looked, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the air had fled.
I looked, and behold, there was no human, And all the birds of the sky had fled.
I looked, and there were no people. Every bird in the sky had flown away.
I looked, and behold, there was no man, And all the birds of the air had fled.
I saw, and, behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky were fled.
I behelde, and loe, there was no man, and all the birdes of the heauen were departed.
I saw, and behold, there was no man,And all the birds of the sky had fled.
I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.
I looked, and there was no human being; all the birds in the air had fled.
I beheld, and lo, man was not, and all the fowl of the heavens were fled.
I looked, but there were no people. All the birds of the sky had flown away.
I looked, and, behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the air had fled.
I saw that there were no people; even the birds had flown away.
I looked and behold, there was no person, and all of the birds of the sky had fled.
I looked, and, behold! There was no man, and all the birds of the skies had fled.
I loked aboute me, and there was no body, and all the byrdes of the ayre were awaye.
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
Looking, I saw that there was no man, and all the birds of heaven had gone in flight.
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
I behelde, and loe, there was no man, and all the birdes of the heauens were fled.
I loked about me, and there was no body: and all the birdes of the ayre were away.
I looked, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky were scared.
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
Y lokide, and no man was, and ech brid of heuene was gon a wey.
I looked and saw that man wasn't there, and all the birds of the heavens had fled.
I beheld, and lo, [there was] no man, and all the fowls of the heavens had fled.
I looked and saw that there were no more people, and that all the birds in the sky had flown away.
I beheld, and indeed there was no man, And all the birds of the heavens had fled.
I looked, and all the people were gone. All the birds of the sky had flown away.
I looked and saw that there were no people. And all the birds of the heavens had left.
I looked, and lo, there was no one at all, and all the birds of the air had fled.
I beheld, And lo! there was no human being, - Yea, all the birds of the heavens! had fled:
I beheld, and lo there was no man: and all the birds of the air were gone.
I looked, and lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the air had fled.
I have looked, and lo, man is not, And all fowls of the heavens have fled.
I looked, and behold, there was no man, And all the birds of the heavens had fled.
Contextual Overview
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
Adam and Eve had a son. Then Eve said, "I'll name him Cain because I got him with the help of the Lord ."
One day, Cain gave part of his harvest to the Lord ,
and Abel also gave an offering to the Lord . He killed the first-born lamb from one of his sheep and gave the Lord the best parts of it. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,
Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go for a walk." And when they were out in a field, Cain killed him.
Then the Lord said: Why have you done this terrible thing? You killed your own brother, and his blood flowed onto the ground. Now his blood is calling out for me to punish you.
And so, I'll put you under a curse. Because you killed Abel and made his blood run out on the ground, you will never be able to farm the land again.
Adam was the father of Seth, and his descendants were Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah, who had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Enosh, and Seth. The family of Jesus went all the way back to Adam and then to God.
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.
