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A Vision of Chaos

23 I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void,[a]
    at the heavens, and there was no light there.
24 I looked at the mountains; they were quaking,
    and all the hills moved back and forth.
25 I looked, and no people were there.
    All the birds of the sky had gone.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:23 Cf. Gen 1:2

23 I looked at the earth,
    and it was formless and empty;(A)
and at the heavens,
    and their light(B) was gone.
24 I looked at the mountains,
    and they were quaking;(C)
    all the hills were swaying.
25 I looked, and there were no people;
    every bird in the sky had flown away.(D)

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