Jeremiah 4:25

Legacy Standard Bible

I saw, and behold, there was no man,And all the birds of the sky had fled.

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.

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.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I looked, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky were scared.

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

¹⁹My soul, my soul! I am in anguish! Oh, my heart!My heart is pounding in me;I cannot be silentBecause you have heard, O my soul,The sound of the trumpet,The shout of war. ²⁰Destruction upon destruction is called out,For the whole land is devastated;Suddenly my tents are devastated,My curtains in an instant. ²¹How long must I see the standardAnd hear the sound of the trumpet? ²²"For My people are ignorant fools,They know Me not;They are simpleminded childrenAnd have no understanding.They are wise to do evil,But to do good they do not know." ²³I saw on the earth, and behold, it was formless and void;And to the heavens, and they had no light. ²⁴I saw on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking,And all the hills moved to and fro. ²⁵I saw, and behold, there was no man,And all the birds of the sky had fled. ²⁶I saw, and behold, the fruitful orchard was a wilderness,And all its cities were torn downBefore Yahweh, before His burning anger. ²⁷For thus says Yahweh,"The whole land shall be a desolation,Yet I will not execute a complete destruction. ²⁸For this the earth shall mournAnd the heavens above be darkBecause I have spoken; I have purposed,And I will not relent, nor will I turn 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
Now the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, "I have gotten a man with the help of Yahweh."

Genesis 4:3
So it happened in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to Yahweh of the fruit of the ground.

Genesis 4:4
Abel, on his part, also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And Yahweh had regard for Abel and for his offering;

Genesis 4:8
Then Cain spoke to Abel his brother; and it happened when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.

Genesis 4:10
And He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to Me from the ground.

Genesis 4:11
And now, cursed are you from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

1 Chronicles 1:1
Adam, Seth, Enosh,

Luke 3:38
the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son 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.