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Douay-Rheims Bible

Jeremiah 4:25

I beheld, and lo there was no man: and all the birds of the air were gone.

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.
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:
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 My bowels, my bowels are in part, the senses of my heart are troubled within me, I will not hold my peace, for my soul hath heard the sound of the trumpet, the cry of battle. 20 Destruction upon destruction is called for, and all the earth is laid waste: my tents are destroyed on a sudden, and my pavilions in a moment. 21 How long shall I see men fleeing away, how long shall I hear the sound of the trumpet? 22 For my foolish people have not known me: they are foolish and senseless children: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. 23 I beheld the earth, and lo it was void, and nothing: and the heavens, and there was no light in them. 24 I looked upon the mountains, and behold they trembled: and all the hills were troubled. 25 I beheld, and lo there was no man: and all the birds of the air were gone. 26 I looked, and behold Carmel was a wilderness: and all its cities were destroyed at the presence of the Lord, and at the presence of the wrath of his indignation. 27 For thus saith the Lord: All the land shall be desolate, but yet I will not utterly destroy. 28 The Earth shall mourn, and the heavens shall lament from above: because I have spoken, I have purposed, and I have not repented, neither am I turned away 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; who conceived and brought forth Cain, saying: I have gotten a man through God.
Genesis 4:3
And it came to pass after many days, that Cain offered, of the fruits of the earth, gifts to the Lord.
Genesis 4:4
Abel also offered of the firstlings of his flock, and of their fat: and the Lord had respect to Abel, and to his offerings.
Genesis 4:8
And Cain said to Abel his brother: Let us go forth abroad. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and slew him.
Genesis 4:10
And he said to him: What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth to me from the earth.
Genesis 4:11
Now therefore cursed shalt thou be upon the earth, which hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother at thy hand.
1 Chronicles 1:1
Adam, Seth, Enos,
Luke 3:38
Who was of Henos, who was of Seth, who was of Adam, who was 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.


 
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