World English Bible

Jeremiah 4:25

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

Verse in context — Jeremiah 4

I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.

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

I saw, and behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of Yahweh, [and] before his fierce anger.

For thus says Yahweh, "The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end.

Warnings of Jerusalem’s fall and promises of a new covenant.