Passage
Jeremiah 4.25-26
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. (ASV)Book: Jeremiah · NASB95
Immediate context (±2 verses)
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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.
- 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
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.
- 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
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.
- 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
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.
- 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)
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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, adam, Strong's H0120
- H3068 - YHWH, YHWH, Strong's H3068
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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 (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- 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.
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