Jeremiah 4:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was formless and empty; 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 of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
  • Matt 24:29 : 29 Immediately after the tribulation 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 the heavens will be shaken.
  • Luke 21:25-26 : 25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
  • Gen 1:2 : 2 And the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved over the surface of the waters.
  • Isa 13:10 : 10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light: the sun will be darkened in its rising, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.
  • Acts 2:19-20 : 19 I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below: blood, fire, and vapor of smoke: 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes:
  • Isa 5:30 : 30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one looks to the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened by the clouds of the heavens.
  • Joel 3:15-16 : 15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. 16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake. But the LORD will be the hope of his people and the strength of the children of Israel.
  • Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away; and there was no place found for them.
  • Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will 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 the LORD comes.
  • Amos 8:9 : 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, declares the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in broad daylight:
  • Isa 24:19-23 : 19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. 20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and its transgression shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones who are on high, and the kings of the earth on 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 they shall be visited. 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his elders gloriously.
  • Jer 9:10 : 10 For the mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled; they are gone.
  • Ezek 32:7-8 : 7 And when I extinguish you, I will cover the sky, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light. 8 All the bright lights of the sky will I make dark over you, and set darkness upon your land, says the Lord GOD.
  • Joel 2:10 : 10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble, the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

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

    2And the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved over the surface 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 separated the light from the darkness.

    5And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

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

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    26I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.

  • Job 10:22
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  • Prov 8:26-27
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  • Isa 24:1
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    1Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty and makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters abroad its inhabitants.

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

  • Gen 1:14-15
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    14And God said, Let there be lights in the sky of the heavens to separate 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 sky of the heavens to give light upon the earth; and it was so.

  • Gen 1:17-18
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    72%

    17And God set them in the sky of the heavens 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 its place,

  • Gen 2:4
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    4These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

  • Nah 2:10
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    10She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melts, and the knees strike together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather paleness.

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    22And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they shall be driven into darkness.

  • Job 22:11
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    11Or darkness, that you cannot see; and an abundance of waters covers you.

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    16It stood still, but I could not discern its form: an image was before my eyes; there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

  • Ps 82:5
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  • Job 38:4
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    4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

  • 2 Pet 3:5
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    5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens existed of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

  • Job 3:9
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    9Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none; nor let it see the breaking of dawn:

  • Gen 1:9-10
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    8All the bright lights of the sky will I make dark over you, and set darkness upon your land, says the Lord GOD.

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    6Hell is naked before Him, and destruction has no covering.

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    28For this the earth shall mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not relent, nor will I turn back from it.

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    4His lightnings illuminated the world: the earth saw and trembled.

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    28For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counselor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

  • Isa 40:21
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    21Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

  • Jer 13:16
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    16Give glory to the LORD your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness.

  • Isa 5:30
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    30And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one looks to the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened by the clouds of the heavens.

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

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    2God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought God.

  • Job 3:4
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    4Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, nor let the light shine upon it.

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  • Eccl 12:2
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    2While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars are not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain.

  • Ps 14:2
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    2The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any who understood and sought God.

  • Amos 4:13
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    13For behold, he who forms the mountains, creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.

  • Deut 32:28
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    28For they are a nation void of counsel, nor is there any understanding in them.

  • Job 25:5
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    5Behold, even the moon, and it does not shine; yes, the stars are not pure in His sight.