◄ Jeremiah 4:25 ►
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Good News Translation
I saw that there were no people; even the birds had flown away.

New Revised Standard Version
I looked, and lo, there was no one at all, and all the birds of the air had fled.

Contemporary English Version
no people could be seen, and all the birds had flown away.

New American Bible
I looked—there was no one; even the birds of the air had flown away!

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

there was no man.

Hosea 4:3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of the air: yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be gathered together.

Zephaniah 1:2,3 Gathering, I will gather together all things from off the face of the land, saith the Lord: . . .

Context
Lamentation for Judah
…24I looked upon the mountains, and behold they trembled: and all the hills were troubled. 25I beheld, and lo there was no man: and all the birds of the air were gone.26I looked, and behold Carmel was a wilderness: and all its cities were destroyed at the presence of the Lord, and at the presence of the wrath of his indignation.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:10
For the mountains I will take up weeping and lamentation, and for the beautiful places of the desert, mourning: because they are burnt up, for that there is not a man that passeth through them: and they have not heard the voice of the owner: from the fowl of the air to the beasts they are gone away and departed.

Jeremiah 12:4
How long shall the land mourn, and the herb of every field wither for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? The beasts and the birds are consumed: because they have said: He shall not see our last end.

Ezekiel 38:20
So that the fishes of the sea, and the birds of the air, and the beasts of the field, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the ground, and all men that are upon the face of the earth, shall be moved at my presence: and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the hedges shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.

Zephaniah 1:3
I will gather man, and beast, I will gather the birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea: and the ungodly shall meet with ruin: and I will destroy men from off the face of the land, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 4:24
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