Now the earth was chaos and waste, darkness was on the surface of the deep, and the Ruach Elohim was hovering upon the surface of the water.
Jeremiah 4:23 - Tree of Life Version I looked at the earth and behold, it was deserted and desolate, and at the heavens and they had no light. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Now the earth was chaos and waste, darkness was on the surface of the deep, and the Ruach Elohim was hovering upon the surface of the water.
For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
They will roar against them like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress! The light is darkened by the clouds.
Be appalled at this, O heavens! Be utterly horrified and dumbfounded.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
“I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a lair for jackals. I will make the cities of Judah a wasteland without inhabitant.
Before them land quakes, heaven trembles, sun and moon become dark, stars withdraw their brightness.
“It will be in that day” —declares my Lord Adonai— “I will make the sun go down at noon, yes, I will darken the earth in daylight.
“But immediately after the trouble of those days, ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light and the stars will fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
Then I saw a great white throne, and the One seated on it. The earth and heaven fled from His presence, but no place was found for them.