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Jeremiah 4

Jer. 4:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I beheld
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, and, lo, it was withoutg form
tohuw (Hebrew #8414)
a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
KJV usage: confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.
Pronounce: to'-hoo
Origin: from an unused root meaning to lie waste
, and void
bohuw (Hebrew #922)
a vacuity, i.e. (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin
KJV usage: emptiness, void.
Pronounce: bo'-hoo
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to be empty)
; and the heavens
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
, and they had no light
'owr (Hebrew #216)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
KJV usage: bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 215
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Isa. 24:19• 19The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is completely dissolved, the earth is violently moved. (Isa. 24:19)

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Cross References

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the earth.
Jer. 9:10• 10For the mountains will I take up weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness, a lamentation; for they are burnt up, so that none passeth through them; and the voice of the cattle is not heard. Both the fowl of the heavens and the beasts are fled; they are gone. (Jer. 9:10)
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Gen. 1:2• 2And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. (Gen. 1:2)
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Isa. 24:19‑23• 19The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is completely dissolved, the earth is violently moved.
 20The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunkard, and is shaken like a night hut; and its transgression is heavy upon it; and it falleth and shall not rise again.
 21And 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.
 22And they shall be brought together, as an assemblage of prisoners for the pit, and shall be shut up in prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
 23And the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts shall reign on mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients in glory. (Isa. 24:19‑23)
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Rev. 20:11• 11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled, and place was not found for them. (Rev. 20:11)
the heavens.
Isa. 5:30• 30and they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. And if one look upon the earth, behold darkness and distress, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof. (Isa. 5:30)
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Isa. 13:10• 10For the stars of the heavens and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. (Isa. 13:10)
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Ezek. 32:7‑8• 7And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof black; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
 8All the bright lights of the heavens will I make black over thee, and bring darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 32:7‑8)
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Joel 2:10,30‑31• 10The earth quaketh before them; the heavens tremble; the sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
 30And I will shew wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
 31The sun shall be changed to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come. (Joel 2:10,30‑31)
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Joel 3:15‑16• 15The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
 16And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: and Jehovah will be a shelter for his people, and the refuge of the children of Israel. (Joel 3:15‑16)
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Amos 8:9• 9And 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 land in the clear day. (Amos 8:9)
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Matt. 24:29,35• 29But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
 35The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away. (Matt. 24:29,35)
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Mark 13:24‑25• 24But in those days, after that distress, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give its light;
 25and the stars of heaven shall be falling down, and the powers which are in the heavens shall be shaken; (Mark 13:24‑25)
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Luke 21:25‑26• 25And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roar of the sea and rolling waves,
 26men ready to die through fear and expectation of what is coming on the habitable earth, for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. (Luke 21:25‑26)
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Acts 2:19‑20• 19And I will give wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
 20the sun shall be changed to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and gloriously appearing day of the Lord come. (Acts 2:19‑20)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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See Isa. 34.11.