Jeremiah 4:26 “I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn…”

Jeremiah 4:26

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of Jehovah, and before his fierce anger.

Geneva Bible 1599

I behelde, and loe, the fruitfull place was a wildernesse, and all the cities thereof were broken downe at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce wrath.

Darby Translation

I beheld, and lo, the fruitful land was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down, before Jehovah, before his fierce anger.

Young's Literal Translation

I have looked, and lo, The fruitful place [is] a wilderness, And all its cities have been broken down, Because of Jehovah, Because of the fierceness of His anger.

Bible in Basic English

Looking, I saw that the fertile field was a waste, and all its towns were broken down before the Lord and before his burning wrath.

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Cross references

“the fruitful”

Psalm 107:34 Jeremiah 12:4 Jeremiah 14:2–6 Deuteronomy 29:23–28 Psalm 76:7 Isaiah 7:20–25

Psalm 107:34 · BSB

and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.

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 14:2–6 · BSB

“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

Deuteronomy 29:23–28 · BSB

All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce an…

Psalm 76:7 · BSB

You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?

Isaiah 7:20–25 · BSB

On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates —the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.

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

In context

25I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.

27For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.

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