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Jeremiah 4:26

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26I looked and behold, the fruitful land was a desert,u

and all of its cities were ruined before Yahweh,

before the face of his burning anger.v

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Footnotes

  1. uOr “wilderness”
  2. vLiterally “the blaze of his nose”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I looked, and behold, the fruitful land was a desert,

and all its cities were laid in ruins

before the Lord, before his fierce anger.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert;

all its towns lay in ruins

before the Lord, before his fierce anger.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I looked, and the fertile field was a wilderness.

All its cities were torn down

because of the Lord

and his burning anger.

NLTNew Living Translation

I looked, and the fertile fields had become a wilderness.

The towns lay in ruins,

crushed by the Lord’s fierce anger.

KJV 1900King James Version

I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness,

And all the cities thereof were broken down

At the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.