World English Bible
Jeremiah 4:23
“I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 4
21
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
22
For my people are foolish, they don't know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
23
I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
24
I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.
25
I saw, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky had fled.
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Warnings of Jerusalem’s fall and promises of a new covenant.
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