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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 4:25 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 4:25 |
Strong Concordance |
I beheld [07200], and, lo, there was no man [0120], and all the birds [05775] of the heavens [08064] were fled [05074]. |
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King James |
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| no man . . . birds--No vestige of the human, or of the feathered creation, is to be seen (Eze 38:20; Zep 1:3). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| No man - All being either slain, or carried captive, or fled. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The birds of the heavens were fled - The land was so desolated that even the fowls of heaven could not find meat, and therefore fled away to another region. How powerfully energetic is this description!
See Zep 1:3. |
3 I will consume [05486] man [0120] and beast [0929]; I will consume [05486] the fowls [05775] of the heaven [08064], and the fishes [01709] of the sea [03220], and the stumblingblocks [04384] with the wicked [07563]; and I will cut off [03772] man [0120] from off [06440] the land [0127], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
20 So that the fishes [01709] of the sea [03220], and the fowls [05775] of the heaven [08064], and the beasts [02416] of the field [07704], and all creeping things [07431] that creep [07430] upon the earth [0127], and all the men [0120] that are upon the face [06440] of the earth [0127], shall shake [07493] at my presence [06440], and the mountains [02022] shall be thrown down [02040], and the steep places [04095] shall fall [05307], and every wall [02346] shall fall [05307] to the ground [0776].
3 I will consume [05486] man [0120] and beast [0929]; I will consume [05486] the fowls [05775] of the heaven [08064], and the fishes [01709] of the sea [03220], and the stumblingblocks [04384] with the wicked [07563]; and I will cut off [03772] man [0120] from off [06440] the land [0127], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].