I beheld the earth, and, lo, [it was] without form, and (t) void; and the heavens, and they [had] no light.
(t) By this manner of speech he shows the horrible destruction that would come on the land and also condemns the obstinacy of the people who do not repent at the fear of these terrible kings, seeing that the insensible creatures are moved therewith, as if the order of nature would be changed, (Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 24:23; Ezekiel 32:7; Joel 2:31; Joel 3:15).