Jeremiah 4:25

25 I looked - what's this! Not a man or woman in sight, and not a bird to be seen in the skies.

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 - it was back to pre-Genesis chaos and emptiness. I looked at the skies, and not a star to be seen.

24 I looked at the mountains - they were trembling like aspen leaves, And all the hills rocking back and forth in the wind.

25 I looked - what's this! Not a man or woman in sight, and not a bird to be seen in the skies.

26 I looked - this can't be! Every garden and orchard shriveled up. All the towns were ghost towns. And all this because of God, because of the blazing anger of God.

27 Yes, this is God's Word on the matter: "The whole country will be laid waste - still it won't be the end of the world.