"I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place {was} a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of…" — Jeremiah 4:26

Jeremiah 4:26 · KJV

“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.”

— Jeremiah 4:26

Verse 25

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

Verse 27

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

Jeremiah 4 — Context

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.

For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken {it}, I have purposed {it}, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.

Cross References

Psalms 107:34

A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. {barrenness: Heb. saltiness}

Micah 3:12

Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed {as} a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

Psalms 76:7

Thou, {even} thou, {art} to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

Isaiah 7:20-25

In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, {namely}, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

Deuteronomy 29:23-28

{And that} the whole land thereof {is} brimstone, and salt, {and} burning, {that} it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

Jeremiah 12:4

How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

Jeremiah 14:2-6

Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

Isaiah 5:9-10

In mine ears {said} the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, {even} great and fair, without inhabitant. {In...: or, This is in mine ears, saith the LORD, etc} {Of a...: Heb. If not, etc}