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Jeremia 4:25

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25 Ik zag, en ziet, er was geen mens; en alle vogelen des hemels waren weggevlogen.

Jeremia 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.

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Jeremia 4:25 In-Context

23 Ik zag het land aan, en ziet, het was woest en ledig; ook naar den hemel, en zijn licht was er niet.
24 Ik zag de bergen aan, en ziet, zij beefden; en al de heuvelen schudden.
25 Ik zag, en ziet, er was geen mens; en alle vogelen des hemels waren weggevlogen.
26 Ik zag, en ziet, het vruchtbare land was een woestijn, en al zijn steden waren afgebroken, vanwege den HEERE, vanwege de hittigheid Zijns toorns.
27 Want zo zegt de HEERE: Dit ganse land zal een woestijn zijn (doch Ik zal geen voleinding maken);
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.

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