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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.
no people could be seen, and all the birds had flown away.
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
The man had sexual relations with Havah his wife; she conceived, gave birth to Kayin [acquisition] and said, "I have acquired a man from Adonai ."
In the course of time Kayin brought an offering to Adonai from the produce of the soil;
and Hevel too brought from the firstborn of his sheep, including their fat. Adonai accepted Hevel and his offering
Kayin had words with Hevel his brother; then one time, when they were in the field, Kayin turned on Hevel his brother and killed him.
He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!
Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood at your hands.
Adam, Shet, Enosh,
of Enosh, of Shet, of Adam, of 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.
