Jeremiah 4:25

25 I looked and behold, there was no person, and all of the birds of the sky had fled.

Jeremiah 4:25 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 4:25

And I beheld, and, lo, there was no man
No people dwelling in it, as the Targum; the land was without inhabitants, they were either killed with the sword, or taken and carried captive into Babylon, or fled into Egypt and other countries: and all the birds of the heavens were fled;
at the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war; at the blackness of the heavens, filled with smoke; at the barrenness of the earth, there being no seed sown; and the earth, as at the first creation, having no herb, nor trees bearing fruit, and so no food for birds; and therefore they went elsewhere, both wild and tame.

Jeremiah 4:25 In-Context

23 I looked at the earth, and behold, it was wasteland and emptiness, and to the heavens, and [they were] without their light.

24 I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, and all of the hills were jolted to and fro.

25 I looked and behold, there was no person, and all of the birds of the sky had fled.

26 I looked and behold, the fruitful land [was] a desert, and all of its cities were ruined before Yahweh, before the face of {his burning anger}.

27 For thus says Yahweh, "All of the land will be a desolation, yet I will not make a complete desolation.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "bird"