the earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.
Jeremiah 4:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 I looked on the earth, and it was complete chaos, and to the heavens, and they had no light. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [In a vision Jeremiah sees Judah laid waste by conquest and captivity.] I looked at the land, and behold, it was [as at the time of creation] waste and vacant (void); and at the heavens, and they had no light. American Standard Version (1901) I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. Common English Bible I looked at the earth, and it was without shape or form; at the heavens and there was no light. Catholic Public Domain Version I gazed upon the earth, and behold, it was empty and brought to nothing. And I gazed upon the heavens, but there was no light in them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I beheld the earth, and lo it was void and nothing: and the heavens, and there was no light in them. |
the earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.
For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light; the sun will be dark at its rising, and the moon will not shed its light.
They will roar over it on that day, like the roaring of the sea. And if one look to the land— only darkness and distress; and the light grows dark with its clouds.
Be appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked; be utterly desolate, says the Lord,
Take up weeping and wailing for the mountains and a lamentation for the pastures of the wilderness, because they are laid waste so that no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard; both the birds of the air and the animals have fled and are gone.
The earth quakes before them; the heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
On that day, says the Lord God, I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.
“Immediately after the suffering of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.
Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sat on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.