King James Version
Jeremiah 4:25 in the King James Version says “I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.”
Jeremiah 4:25 · KJV
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
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.
For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I beheld”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“and lo there was no man”
H120ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and all the birds”
H5775a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
“of the heavens”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
“were fled”
H5074properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
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