Bible Strands
Jeremiah 4:25
I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Jeremiah reports a vision to Israel during a sequence of divine judgments. He states that upon looking, no man remains and all birds of the air have fled.
The words — The Hebrew term אֵין (‘ein) literally means “there not,” establishing absolute absence. It modifies הָ/אָדָם (ha./'a.Dam) to confirm that no humankind is left.
The thread — The text’s declaration of total evacuation parallels Zephaniah 1:2, which promises to sweep away everything from the earth. It also aligns with Jeremiah 9:10 and 12:4, where land and animals suffer because of human evil.
Why it lands — The passage first records the factual emptiness of the land before describing its cause. It asks a reader to accept that divine judgment removes all human and avian presence without exception.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
Cross-references
- Zephaniah 1:2 “I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 12:4 How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”
- Jeremiah 9:10 I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.
- Hosea 4:3 Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.