Jeremiah 4:25
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New International Version (©2011)
I looked, and there were no people; every bird in the sky had flown away.

New Living Translation (©2007)
I looked, and all the people were gone. All the birds of the sky had flown away.

English Standard Version (©2001)
I looked, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the air had fled.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
I looked, and behold, there was no man, And all the birds of the heavens had fled.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the sky had fled.

International Standard Version (©2012)
I looked, and no people were there. All the birds of the sky had gone.

NET Bible (©2006)
I looked and saw that there were no more people, and that all the birds in the sky had flown away.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
I see that there are no people, and every bird has flown away.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

American King James Version
I beheld, and, see, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

American Standard Version
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I beheld, and lo there was no man: and all the birds of the air were gone.

Darby Bible Translation
I beheld, and lo, man was not, and all the fowl of the heavens were fled.

English Revised Version
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

Webster's Bible Translation
I beheld, and lo, there was no man, and all the fowls of the heavens had fled.

World English Bible
I saw, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky had fled.

Young's Literal Translation
I have looked, and lo, man is not, And all fowls of the heavens have fled.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

4:19-31 The prophet had no pleasure in delivering messages of wrath. He is shown in a vision the whole land in confusion. Compared with what it was, every thing is out of order; but the ruin of the Jewish nation would not be final. Every end of our comforts is not a full end. Though the Lord may correct his people very severely, yet he will not cast them off. Ornaments and false colouring would be of no avail. No outward privileges or profession, no contrivances would prevent destruction. How wretched the state of those who are like foolish children in the concerns of their souls! Whatever we are ignorant of, may the Lord make of good understanding in the ways of godliness. As sin will find out the sinner, so sorrow will, sooner or later, find out the secure.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

25. no man … birds—No vestige of the human, or of the feathered creation, is to be seen (Eze 38:20; Zep 1:3).

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Lamentation for Judah
…24I beheld the mountains, and, see, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. 25I beheld, and, see, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. 26I beheld, and, see, 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. …

Jeremiah 9:10 I will weep and wail for the mountains and take up a lament concerning the wilderness grasslands. They are desolate and untraveled, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. The birds have all fled and the animals are gone.
Jeremiah 12:4 How long will the land lie parched and the grass in every field be withered? Because those who live in it are wicked, the animals and birds have perished. Moreover, the people are saying, "He will not see what happens to us."
Ezekiel 38:20 The fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the beasts of the field, every creature that moves along the ground, and all the people on the face of the earth will tremble at my presence. The mountains will be overturned, the cliffs will crumble and every wall will fall to the ground.
Zephaniah 1:3 "I will sweep away both man and beast; I will sweep away the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea-- and the idols that cause the wicked to stumble." "When I destroy all mankind on the face of the earth," declares the LORD,