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Jeremiah 4:26

What does Jeremiah 4:26 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 4:26 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, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of Jehovah, and before his fierce anger.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

I looked, and behold Carmel was a wilderness: and all its cities were destroyed at the presence of the Lord, and at the presence of the wrath of his indignation.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.25I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

v.26This passage

v.27For thus saith Jehovah, The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end.

Cross references

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

  • Psalms 107:34

    A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

  • Psalms 76:7

    Thou, even thou, art to be feared; And who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

  • Isaiah 5:9

    In mine ears saith Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

  • Micah 3:12

    Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

  • Deuteronomy 29:23

    and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

  • Jeremiah 14:2

    Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

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