Jeremiah 4:25

25 I looked, and no man was left; all 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 it was formless and empty. [I looked] to the heavens, and their light was gone.

24 I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills shook.

25 I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the sky had fled.

26 I looked, and the fertile field was a wilderness. All its cities were torn down because of the Lord and His burning anger.

27 For this is what the Lord says: The whole land will be a desolation, but I will not finish it off.