Jeremiah 4:23

I beheld. Note the Figure of speech Anaphora (App-6), commencing this and the three following verses.

lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.

without form, and void. Hebrew. tohu va-bohu. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 1:2). Occurs only here. App-92. In Isaiah 34:11, the two words are in another connection. Compare also Isaiah 45:18.

light. lights (pl). Compare Genesis 1:14.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 4:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In four verses each beginning with “I beheld,” the prophet sees in vision the desolate condition of Judaea during the Babylonian captivity. Jere...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 th...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Vision of Desolation ( Jeremiah 4:23-26 ) most impressively describes the Divine visitation of Judah. The earth becomes like the chaos before c...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet in this passage enlarges in a language highly metaphorical on the terror of God’s vengeance, that he might rouse the Jews, who were...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the earth, (the land), and lo it was...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I beheld the earth, &c.— The images, under which the prophet represents the approaching desolation as foreseen by him, are such as are familiar...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. Graphic picture of the utter desolation ab...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet Sets Forth the Sin of the Nation and Points Out the Inevitable Result (Reign of Josiah, and Probably Before the Reforms of that King: cp...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

5-10. Destruction approaches Jerusalem.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The multitude of mountains] RV 'the tumult' (RM 'the noisy throng') 'on the mountains': the orgies and clamorous supplications of idolatrous crowds...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I beheld the earth. — In words of terrible grandeur the prophet speaks, as if he had already seen the consummated destruction; and repeating the wo...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 5:1-31 ; Jeremiah 6:1-30 CHAPTER IV THE SCYTHIANS AS THE SCOURGE OF GOD Jeremiah 4:3 - Jeremiah 6:30 IF we would understand wh...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jehovah immediately promised that if Israel would return, she would be established. Then the prophet declared that judgment was determined on. He app...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There is somewhat uncommonly solemn and striking, when the Lord by his servants, as in many parts of scripture, calls upon the heavenly bodies, and t...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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; o...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

I beheld the earth, and, lo, [it was] without form, and void; and the heavens, and they [had] no light. Ver. 23. I beheld the earth, and, lo, it w...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I beheld the earth, and lo, it was without form and void “The images under which the prophet here represents the approaching desolation, as foresee...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Punishment Predicted. B. C. 620. 19...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I beheld; either I Jeremiah saw all this in a vision, or I fancied and framed such an idea of it in my mind; it seems to be impressed upon my tho...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Warns Judah That If They Will Not Repent For Them Too Invasion By A Fierce Adversary Is Threatening And Will Undoubtedly Come Because Of Their...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah's Vision Of The Aftermath Of The Invasion ( Jeremiah 4:23-31 ). In chilling tones Jeremiah now pictures the land after its destruction, a...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Chronology of the chapter, Contemporary Scriptures, Historic Facts, Contemporary History as in chap. 3. 1. Geogra...
Scofield Reference Notes

without form and void Compare ( Genesis 1:2 ). "Without form and void" describes the condition of the earth as the result of judgment; ( Je...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 4:1-2 . If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 4:3 . Break up your fallow ground. Hebrews ניר nir, novale; make new land, eradicate the thorns. Hosea 10:12 . Our old phrase, the f...
The Biblical Illustrator

I am pained at my very heart. The prophet’s lamentations over his people’s doom I. The complaint or lamentation itself. 1. The parts affecte...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Desolation Following the Lord's Judgment. The prophet here, in a most dramatic manner, introduces Israel as lamenting over the calamity which h...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form and void, as in the beginning of creation, the prophet thus picturing the dismal waste which would f...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I beheld — I Jeremiah saw this in a vision. It — The land was squalid, and ruined, like the first chaos, for which reason possibly he calls Judah t...

²³ I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 4:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 4:23