I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
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I beheld the earth,.... The land of Judea, not the whole world; and this the prophet says, either in spirit, as Jerom; or in prophecy, as Kimchi; or in a visionary way; for these are not the words of…
In four verses each beginning with “I beheld,” the prophet sees in vision the desolate condition of Judaea during the Babylonian captivity. Jer 4:23 Without form, and void - Desolate and void (see Gen…
The prophet is here in an agony, and cries out like one upon the rack of pain with some acute distemper, or as a woman in travail. The expressions are very pathetic and moving, enough to melt a heart…
In vision he beholds the earth a void waste, the hills reeling at the blast of God's anger, the heavens black, all bird life fled, cities in ruins. Jehovah's resolve is an abiding one.
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