How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the animals are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.
Jeremiah 4:25 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) I saw, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky were fled. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I looked, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the air had fled. American Standard Version (1901) I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. Common English Bible I looked and there was no one left; every bird in the sky had taken flight. Catholic Public Domain Version I looked, and there was no man. And all the flying things of the air had gone away. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I beheld, and lo there was no man: and all the birds of the air were gone. |
How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the animals are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passes through; neither can men hear the voice of the livestock; both the birds of the sky and the animals are fled, they are gone.
Shall I not visit them for these things? says the LORD; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
so that the fish of the sea, and the birds of the sky, and the animals of the field, and all creeping things who creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the surface of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who dwells therein will waste away. all living things in her, even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of the sea also die.