Jeremiah 4:23
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. Jeremiah calls Israel to circumcise their hearts and not their foreskins. A trumpet signals danger from the north and Jeremiah describes the approach of the destroyer. In a devastating vision he sees chaos reverting to formless void — creation undone …
Other Translations
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
I looked <FI>to<Fi> the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not.
Looking at the earth, I saw that it was waste and without form; and to the heavens, that they had no light.
Cross References
And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit …
And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto …
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in …
The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, …
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, …
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will …
All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the …
The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the …
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.