Jeremiah 4:23
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4:23“I looked at the land and saw63 that it was an empty wasteland.64
I looked up at the sky, and its light had vanished.
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- 63 Heb “I looked at the land and behold …” This indicates the visionary character of Jeremiah’s description of the future condition of the land of Israel.
- 64 Heb “formless and empty.” This is a case of hendiadys (two nouns joined by “and” both describe the same thing): one noun retains its full nominal force, the other functions as an adjective. The words תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ (tohu vavohu) allude to Gen 1:2, hyperbolically picturing a reversal of creation and return to the original precreation chaos.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
I looked on the earth, and behold, it was without form and void;
and to the heavens, and they had no light.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
I looked at the earth,
and it was formless and empty;
and at the heavens,
and their light was gone.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
I looked at the earth,
and it was formless and empty.
I looked to the heavens,
and their light was gone.
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NLTNew Living Translation
I looked at the earth, and it was empty and formless.
I looked at the heavens, and there was no light.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
I looked at the earth, and behold, it was wasteland and emptiness,
and to the heavens, and they were without their light.
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KJV 1900King James Version
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void;
And the heavens, and they had no light.
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