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Jeremiah 4:25

What does Jeremiah 4:25 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 4:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

I beheld, and lo there was no man: and all the birds of the air were gone.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.

v.25This passage

v.26I 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 9:10

    For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passeth through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts are fled, they are gone.

  • Jeremiah 12:4

    How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.

  • Hosea 4:3

    Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

  • Zephaniah 1:2

    I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.

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