Jeremiah 4:23

American Standard Version (1901)

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

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  • Mark 13:24-25 : 24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 25 and the stars shall be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.
  • Matt 24:29 : 29 But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
  • Luke 21:25-26 : 25 And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows; 26 men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
  • Gen 1:2 : 2 And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
  • Isa 13:10 : 10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.
  • Acts 2:19-20 : 19 And I will show wonders in the heaven above, And signs on the earth beneath; Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke: 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the day of the Lord come, That great and notable [day] .
  • Isa 5:30 : 30 And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold, darkness [and] distress; and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof.
  • Joel 3:15-16 : 15 The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining. 16 And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but Jehovah will be a refuge unto his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.
  • Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
  • Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
  • Joel 2:30-31 : 30 And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh.
  • Amos 8:9 : 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
  • Isa 24:19-23 : 19 The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently. 20 The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again. 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. 22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited. 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.
  • Jer 9:10 : 10 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 passeth through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts are fled, they are gone.
  • Ezek 32:7-8 : 7 And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light. 8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah.
  • Joel 2:10 : 10 The earth quaketh before them; the heavens tremble; the sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

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    1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

    2And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

    3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

    4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

    5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

  • Jer 4:24-26
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    24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.

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    26I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of Jehovah, [and] before his fierce anger.

  • Job 10:22
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    22The land dark as midnight, [The land] of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.

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  • Isa 24:1
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    1Behold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

  • Jer 4:22
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    22For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

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    14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:

    15and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

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    17And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,

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    19Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

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    4These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.

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    10She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale.

  • Isa 8:22
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    22and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness [they shall be] driven away.

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    11Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.

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  • Ps 82:5
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    4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

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    5For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;

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    9Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark: Let it look for light, but have none; Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:

  • Gen 1:9-10
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    8All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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    6Sheol is naked before [God], And Abaddon hath no covering.

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    4The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.

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    28For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.

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    70%

    4His lightnings lightened the world: The earth saw, and trembled.

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    28And when I look, there is no man: even among them there is no counsellor, that, when I ask of them, can answer a word.

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    21Have ye not known? have yet not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

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    16Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

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    30And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold, darkness [and] distress; and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof.

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    3I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

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    4Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.

  • Isa 13:10
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    10For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.

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    2Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.

  • Amos 4:13
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    28For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

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    5Behold, even the moon hath no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight: