The Meaning of Jeremiah 4:25 Explained

Jeremiah 4:25

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

YLT: I have looked, and lo, man is not, And all fowls of the heavens have fled.

Darby: I beheld, and lo, man was not, and all the fowl of the heavens were fled.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Jeremiah 4:25 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The people had deserted the land, and even the birds were gone, so thoroughly had this enemy purged the land. [1]

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 4

1  God calls Israel by his promise
3  He exhorts Judah to repentance by fearful judgments
19  A grievous lamentation for Judah

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 4:25 mean?

I beheld and indeed [there was] no man and all the birds of the heavens had fled
רָאִ֕יתִי וְהִנֵּ֖ה אֵ֣ין הָאָדָ֑ם וְכָל־ ע֥וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם נָדָֽדוּ

רָאִ֕יתִי  I  beheld 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
וְהִנֵּ֖ה  and  indeed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
אֵ֣ין  [there  was]  no 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
הָאָדָ֑ם  man 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
וְכָל־  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
ע֥וֹף  the  birds 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עֹוף  
Sense: flying creatures, fowl, insects, birds.
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם  of  the  heavens 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַיִם  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
נָדָֽדוּ  had  fled 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: נָדַד  
Sense: to retreat, flee, depart, move, wander abroad, stray, flutter.

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