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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jeremiah 4:23
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I looked at the earth,and it was formless and empty.I looked to the heavens,and their light was gone.
I saw the eretz, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
I looked on the earth, and behold, it was without form and void; and to the heavens, and they had no light.
I looked at the earth, and behold, it was a formless and desolate emptiness; And to the heavens, and they had no light.
I looked at the earth, and it was empty and had no shape. I looked at the sky, and its light was gone.
I looked at the earth [in my vision], and behold, it was [as at the time of creation] formless and void; And to the heavens, and they had no light.
I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
I haue looked vpon the earth, and loe, it was without forme and voide: and to the heauens, and they had no light.
I saw on the earth, and behold, it was formless and void;And to the heavens, and they had no light.
I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
After this, I looked around. The earth was barren, with no form of life. The sun, moon, and stars had disappeared.
I looked at the land — it was unformed and void — and at the sky — it had no light.
I beheld the earth, and lo, it was waste and empty; and the heavens, and they had no light.
I looked at the earth. It was empty; there was nothing on it. I looked at the sky, and its light was gone.
I looked on the earth, and, lo, it was without form and void; and on the heavens, and they had no light.
I looked at the earth—it was a barren waste; at the sky—there was no light.
I looked at the earth, and behold, it was wasteland and emptiness, and to the heavens, and they were without their light.
I looked on the earth, and, behold! It was without form and void; and to the heavens, and they had no light.
I haue loked vpon the earth, and se, it is wayst and voyde. I loked towarde heauen, and it had no shyne.
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Looking at the earth, I saw that it was waste and without form; and to the heavens, that they had no light.
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
I beheld the earth, and loe, it was without forme and void: and the heauens, and they had no light.
I haue loked vpon the earth, and see it was waste and voyde: I loked towarde heauen, and it had no shine.
I looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was not; and to the sky, an there was no light in it.
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Y bihelde the lond, and lo! it was void, and nouyt; and Y bihelde heuenes, and no liyt was in tho.
I saw the earth, and, look, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
I beheld the earth, and lo, [it was] without form, and void; and the heavens, and they [had] no light.
"I looked at the land and saw that it was an empty wasteland. I looked up at the sky, and its light had vanished.
I beheld the earth, and indeed it was without form, and void; And the heavens, they had no light.
I looked at the earth, and it was empty and formless. I looked at the heavens, and there was no light.
I looked on the earth and saw that it was an empty waste. I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
I looked on the earth, and lo, it was waste and void; and to the heavens, and they had no light.
I beheld the earth, and lo it was void, and nothing: and the heavens, and there was no light in them.
I looked on the earth, and lo, it was waste and void; and to the heavens, and they had no light.
I looked [to] the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not.
I looked at the earth— it was back to pre-Genesis chaos and emptiness. I looked at the skies, and not a star to be seen. I looked at the mountains— they were trembling like aspen leaves, And all the hills rocking back and forth in the wind. I looked—what's this! Not a man or woman in sight, and not a bird to be seen in the skies. I looked—this can't be! Every garden and orchard shriveled up. All the towns were ghost towns. And all this because of God , because of the blazing anger of God .
I looked on the earth, and behold, it was formless and void; And to the heavens, and they had no light.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the earth: Jeremiah 9:10, Genesis 1:2, Isaiah 24:19-23, Revelation 20:11
the heavens: Isaiah 5:30, Isaiah 13:10, Ezekiel 32:7, Ezekiel 32:8, Joel 2:10, Joel 2:30, Joel 2:31, Joel 3:15, Joel 3:16, Amos 8:9, Matthew 24:29, Matthew 24:35, Mark 13:24, Mark 13:25, Luke 21:25, Luke 21:26, Acts 2:19, Acts 2:20
Reciprocal: Genesis 6:13 - the earth Psalms 29:6 - Lebanon Psalms 104:32 - looketh Psalms 114:4 - General Isaiah 13:13 - the earth Isaiah 34:4 - all the Jeremiah 4:28 - the earth Jeremiah 7:20 - Behold Jeremiah 13:16 - before Jeremiah 18:11 - and devise Ezekiel 12:20 - General Ezekiel 38:20 - the fishes Nahum 2:10 - empty Zephaniah 1:3 - consume man Haggai 2:6 - and I Revelation 6:14 - and every Revelation 8:12 - and the third part of the sun Revelation 16:20 - General
Cross-References
Thou shalt not commit murder.
Thou shalt not take vengeance neither shalt thou cherish anger against the sons of thy people, So shalt thou love thy neighbour as thyself, - I, am Yahweh.
Then took he up his parable and said, - Rise, Balak, and hear, Give ear unto me son of Zippor!
And, when it was told Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried aloud, - and said unto them - Hearken unto me, ye owners of Shechem, and may God, hearken unto you.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I beheld the earth,.... The land of Judea, not the whole world; and this the prophet says, either in spirit, as Jerom; or in prophecy, as Kimchi; or in a visionary way; for these are not the words of God continued, as Cocceius, but of the prophet; who, by a prophetic spirit, describes the dreadful destruction of the Jewish nation, as follows:
and, lo, it was without form, and void; as the first earth or chaos was, before it was brought into form and order; the same words, "tohu" and "bohu", are used here, as in Genesis 1:2, the land of Judea now was, in the prophet's view of it, like the first earth, when darkness covered it; no grass sprung out of it, not a tree to be seen in it, and neither man nor beast as yet upon it, but all an undigested mass, and in the utmost wild disorder and confusion; and this may denote not only the natural, but the political, and ecclesiastical, disorder of the Jewish nation and state:
and the heavens, and they had no light; that were over the land of Judea;
"their lights did not shine,''
as the Targum paraphrases it; that is, the sun, moon, and stars, which were darkened by the smoke of the burning of Jerusalem; or which withdrew their light, as blushing at, and being ashamed of, the iniquities of his people, and who were unworthy of enjoying the light of them; and which this phrase may denote.
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 4:23. I beheld the earth, (the land,) and lo it was without form and void — תהו ובהו tohu vabohu; the very words used in Genesis to denote the formless state of the chaotic mass before God had brought it into order.
