Jeremiah 4:23

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“I looked <FI>to<Fi> the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 4:23 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 1:2Now 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.
  2. Isaiah 5:30In 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.
  3. Isaiah 13:10For 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.
  4. Isaiah 24:19The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.
  5. Jeremiah 9:10I 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 beasts have fled; they have gone away.
  6. Ezekiel 32:7When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
  7. Joel 2:10Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
  8. Joel 2:30I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
  9. Joel 3:15The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
  10. Amos 8:9And 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.
  11. Matthew 24:29Immediately 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.’
  12. Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
  13. Mark 13:24But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
  14. Luke 21:25There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.
  15. Acts 2:19I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
  16. Revelation 20:11Then 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.

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