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25 I looked and saw that there were no more people[a]
and that all the birds in the sky had flown away.
26 I looked and saw that the fruitful land had become a desert
and that all the cities had been laid in ruins.
The Lord had brought this all about
because of his blazing anger.[b]
27 All this will happen because the Lord said,[c]
“The whole land will be desolate;
however, I will not completely destroy it.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:25 tn Heb “there was no man/human being.”
  2. Jeremiah 4:26 tn Heb “because of the Lord, because of his blazing anger.”
  3. Jeremiah 4:27 tn Heb “For this is what the Lord said.”

25 I looked, and there were no people;
    every bird in the sky had flown away.(A)
26 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert;(B)
    all its towns lay in ruins(C)
    before the Lord, before his fierce anger.(D)

27 This is what the Lord says:

“The whole land will be ruined,(E)
    though I will not destroy(F) it completely.

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25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.

27 For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.

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