New International Version (© 2011)
I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty; and at the heavens, and their light was gone.King James Bible
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.American Standard Version
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.Young's Literal Translation
I looked to the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not.Jeremiah 4:23 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleI beheld the earth, (the land), and lo it was without form and void - תהו ובהו tohu vabohu; the very words used in Genesis to denote the formless state of the chaotic mass before God had brought it into order. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge the earth. Jeremiah 9:10 For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation... Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep... Isaiah 24:19-23 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly... Revelation 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away... the heavens. Isaiah 5:30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look to the land, behold darkness and sorrow... Isaiah 13:10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth... Ezekiel 32:7,8 And when I shall put you out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud... Joel 2:10,30,31 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark... Joel 3:15,16 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining... Amos 8:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, said the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon... Matthew 24:29,35 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light... Mark 13:25,25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken... Luke 21:25,26 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity... Acts 2:19,20 And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke... Jeremiah 4:23 Parallel Commentaries
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Genesis 1:2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
Isaiah 5:30 In that day they will roar over it like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks at the land, there is only darkness and distress; even the sun will be darkened by clouds.
Isaiah 24:19 The earth is broken up, the earth is split asunder, the earth is violently shaken.
Jeremiah 2:12 Be appalled at this, you heavens, and shudder with great horror," declares the LORD.
Lamentations 3:2 He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light;
Joel 2:10 Before them the earth shakes, the heavens tremble, the sun and moon are darkened, and the stars no longer shine.
Zechariah 14:6 On that day there will be neither sunlight nor cold, frosty darkness.
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