# Jeremiah 4.25-26 **Book:** [Jeremiah](/codex/jeremiah/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 23. I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. 24. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro. > > **25. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. 26. I 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.** > > 27. For thus saith Jehovah, The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end. 28. For 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. (Jeremiah 4:23-28, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 23. I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. 24. I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth. > > **25. I saw, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky had fled. 26. I saw, and behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of Yahweh, before his fierce anger.** > > 27. For Yahweh says, “The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end. 28. For this the earth will 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.” (Jeremiah 4:23-28, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 23. I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. 24. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. > > **25. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. 26. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.** > > 27. For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. 28. For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it. (Jeremiah 4:23-28, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 23. I looked [to] the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not. 24. I have looked [to] the mountains, And lo, they are trembling. And all the hills moved themselves lightly. > > **25. I have looked, and lo, man is not, And all fowls of the heavens have fled. 26. I have looked, and lo, The fruitful place [is] a wilderness, And all its cities have been broken down, Because of Jehovah, Because of the fierceness of His anger.** > > 27. For thus said Jehovah: All the land is a desolation, but a completion I make not. 28. For this doth the land mourn, And black have been the heavens above, because I have spoken, I have purposed, And I have not repented, Nor do I turn back from it. (Jeremiah 4:23-28, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - [H0120 - adam](/codex/h0120-adam/), *adam*, Strong's H0120 - [H3068 - YHWH](/codex/h3068-yhwh/), *YHWH*, Strong's H3068 ## Quoted in **Lexicon:** - [H0922 - bohu](/codex/h0922-bohu/) - [H8414 - tohu](/codex/h8414-tohu/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.