Jeremiah 4:25 “I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.”

Jeremiah 4:25

I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

Geneva Bible 1599

I behelde, and loe, there was no man, and all the birdes of the heauen were departed.

Darby Translation

I beheld, and lo, man was not, and all the fowl of the heavens were fled.

Young's Literal Translation

I have looked, and lo, man is not, And all fowls of the heavens have fled.

Bible in Basic English

Looking, I saw that there was no man, and all the birds of heaven had gone in flight.

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Cross references

“there was no man”

Hosea 4:3 Zephaniah 1:2 Zephaniah 1:3

Hosea 4:3 · BSB

Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.

Zephaniah 1:2 · BSB

“I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.

Zephaniah 1:3 · BSB

“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.

Also

Jeremiah 12:4 Jeremiah 9:10

Jeremiah 12:4 · BSB

How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”

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…

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

In context

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

26I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn down before the LORD, before His fierce anger.

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