Jeremiah 4:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Looking at the earth, I saw that it was waste and without form; and to the heavens, that they had no light.

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  • Mark 13:24-25 : 24 But in those days, after that time of trouble, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light, 25 And the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers which are in the heavens will be moved.
  • Matt 24:29 : 29 But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:
  • Luke 21:25-26 : 25 And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth, fear among the nations and doubt because of the loud noise of the sea and the waves; 26 Men's strength will go from them in fear and in waiting for the things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of the heavens will be moved.
  • Gen 1:2 : 2 And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.
  • Isa 13:10 : 10 For the stars of heaven and its bright armies will not give their light: the sun will be made dark in his journey through the heaven, and the moon will keep back her light.
  • Acts 2:19-20 : 19 And wonders will be seen in heaven, and signs on the earth, blood and fire and smoke: 20 The sun will become dark and the moon will be turned to blood, before that great day of the Lord comes in glory:
  • Isa 5:30 : 30 And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes are turned to the earth, it is all dark and full of trouble; and the light is made dark by thick clouds.
  • Joel 3:15-16 : 15 Get your plough-blades hammered into swords, and your vine-knives into spears: let the feeble say, I am strong. 16 Come quickly, all you nations round about, and get yourselves together there: make your strong ones come down, O Lord.
  • Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white seat, and him who was seated on it, before whose face the earth and the heaven went in flight; and there was no place for them.
  • Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.
  • Amos 8:9 : 9 And it will come about in that day, says the Lord God, that I will make the sun go down in the middle of the day, and I will make the earth dark in daylight:
  • Isa 24:19-23 : 19 The earth is completely broken, it is parted in two, it is violently moved. 20 The earth will be moving uncertainly, like a man overcome by drink; it will be shaking like a tent; and the weight of its sin will be on it, crushing it down so that it will not get up again. 21 And in that day the Lord will send punishment on the army of the high ones on high, and on the kings of the earth on the earth. 22 And they will be got together, like prisoners in the prison-house; and after a long time they will have their punishment. 23 Then the moon will be veiled, and the sun put to shame; for the Lord of armies will be ruling in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his judges he will let his glory be seen.
  • Jer 9:10 : 10 Give yourselves to weeping, crying out in sorrow for the mountains; and for the fields of the waste land send up a song of grief, because they are burned up, so that no one goes through; there is no sound of cattle; the bird of the heavens and the beast are in flight and are gone.
  • Ezek 32:7-8 : 7 And when I put out your life, the heaven will be covered and its stars made dark; I will let the sun be covered with a cloud and the moon will not give her light. 8 All the bright lights of heaven I will make dark over you, and put dark night on your land, says the Lord.
  • Joel 2:10 : 10 The earth is troubled before them and the heavens are shaking: the sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining:

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    1 At the first God made the heaven and the earth.

    2 And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.

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

    4 And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark,

    5 Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

  • Jer 4:24-26
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    24 Looking at the mountains, I saw them shaking, and all the hills were moved about.

    25 Looking, I saw that there was no man, and all the birds of heaven had gone in flight.

    26 Looking, I saw that the fertile field was a waste, and all its towns were broken down before the Lord and before his burning wrath.

  • Job 10:22
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    22 A land of thick dark, without order, where the very light is dark.

  • Prov 8:26-27
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    26 When he had not made the earth or the fields or the dust of the world.

    27 When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep:

  • Isa 24:1
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    1 See, the Lord is making the earth waste and unpeopled, he is turning it upside down, and sending the people in all directions.

  • Jer 4:22
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    22 For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.

  • Gen 1:14-15
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    14 And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:

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

  • Gen 1:17-18
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    72%

    17 And God put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth;

    18 To have rule over the day and the night, and for a division between the light and the dark: and God saw that it was good.

  • Job 38:19
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    19 Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;

  • Gen 2:4
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    4 These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.

  • Nah 2:10
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    10 Take silver, take gold; for there is no end to the store; take for yourselves a weight of things to be desired.

  • Isa 8:22
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    22 And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.

  • Job 22:11
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    11 Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.

  • Job 4:16
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    16 Something was present before me, but I was not able to see it clearly; there was a form before my eyes: a quiet voice came to my ears, saying:

  • Ps 82:5
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    5 They have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the dark: all the bases of the earth are moved.

  • Job 38:4
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    4 Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.

  • 2 Pet 3:5
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    5 But in taking this view they put out of their minds the memory that in the old days there was a heaven, and an earth lifted out of the water and circled by water, by the word of God;

  • Job 3:9
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    9 Let its morning stars be dark; let it be looking for light, but may it not have any; let it not see the eyes of the dawn.

  • Gen 1:9-10
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    9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.

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    14 I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.

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    8 All the bright lights of heaven I will make dark over you, and put dark night on your land, says the Lord.

  • Job 26:6
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    6 The underworld is uncovered before him, and Destruction has no veil.

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    4 The earth is sorrowing and wasting away, the world is full of grief and wasting away, the high ones of the earth come to nothing.

  • Jer 4:28
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    28 The earth will be weeping for this, and the heavens on high will be black: because I have said it, and I will not go back from it; it is my purpose, and it will not be changed.

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    12 And God, looking on the earth, saw that it was evil: for the way of all flesh had become evil on the earth.

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    4 His bright flames give light to the world; the earth saw it with fear.

  • Isa 41:28
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    28 And I saw that there was no man, even no wise man among them, who might give an answer to my questions.

  • Isa 40:21
    70%

    21 Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? has not news of it been given to you from the first? has it not been clear to you from the time when the earth was placed on its base?

  • Jer 13:16
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    16 Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.

  • Isa 5:30
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    30 And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes are turned to the earth, it is all dark and full of trouble; and the light is made dark by thick clouds.

  • Isa 50:3
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    3 By me the heavens are clothed with black, and I make haircloth their robe.

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    2 God was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

  • Job 3:4
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    4 That day--let it be dark; let not God take note of it from on high, and let not the light be shining on it;

  • Isa 13:10
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    10 For the stars of heaven and its bright armies will not give their light: the sun will be made dark in his journey through the heaven, and the moon will keep back her light.

  • Eccl 12:2
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    2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain;

  • Ps 14:2
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    2 The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

  • Amos 4:13
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    13 For see, he who gave form to the mountains and made the wind, giving knowledge of his purpose to man, who makes the morning dark, and is walking on the high places of the earth: the Lord, the God of armies, is his name.

  • Deut 32:28
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    28 For they are a nation without wisdom; there is no sense in them.

  • Job 25:5
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    5 See, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not clean in his eyes: