Jeremiah 4:23 “I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the h…”

Jeremiah 4:23

I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue looked vpon the earth, and loe, it was without forme and voide: and to the heauens, and they had no light.

Darby Translation

I beheld the earth, and lo, it was waste and empty; and the heavens, and they had no light.

Young's Literal Translation

I looked [to] the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not.

Bible in Basic English

Looking at the earth, I saw that it was waste and without form; and to the heavens, that they had no light.

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Cross references

“the earth”

Genesis 1:2 Isaiah 24:19–23 Revelation 20:11 Jeremiah 9:10

Genesis 1:2 · BSB

Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Isaiah 24:19–23 · BSB

The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.

Revelation 20:11 · BSB

Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.

Jeremiah 9:10 · BSB

I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the…

“the heavens”

Matthew 24:29 Isaiah 13:10 Joel 2:10 Amos 8:9 Isaiah 5:30 Matthew 24:35

Matthew 24:29 · BSB

Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ’

Isaiah 13:10 · BSB

For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.

Joel 2:10 · BSB

Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.

Amos 8:9 · BSB

And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.

Isaiah 5:30 · BSB

In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.

Matthew 24:35 · BSB

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

24I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.

Read Jeremiah 4