23I looked to the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not.


In Context

20 Destruction on destruction is proclaimed, For spoiled hath been all the land, Suddenly spoiled have been my tents, In a moment — my curtains.

21 Till when do I see an ensign? Do I hear the voice of a trumpet?

22 For my people are foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons are they, yea, they are not intelligent, Wise are they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.

23 I looked to the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not.

24 I have looked to the mountains, And lo, they are trembling. And all the hills moved themselves lightly.

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

Jeremiah 4:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:23I beheld the earth, and, lo, [it was] without form, and void; and the heavens, and they [had] no light.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:23I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty; and at the heavens, and their light was gone.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:23I beheld the earth, and lo it was void, and nothing: and the heavens, and there was no light in them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:23I beheld the earth, and lo, it was waste and empty; and the heavens, and they had no light.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:23I beheld the earth, and lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:23I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:23I beheld the earth, and, see, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.