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Jeremiah 4:25 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 4 · verse 25
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.Jeremiah 4:25 · King James Version
Jeremiah 4:25 in context
23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
25I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
26I 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.
27For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- heavensshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- beheldrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- birdsʻôwpha bird , often collectivelyH5775 →
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The prophet is here in an agony, and cries out like one upon the rack of pain with some acute distemper, or as a woman in travail. The expressions are very pathetic and moving, enough to melt a heart of stone into compassion: My bowels! my bowels! I am pained at my very heart;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-31