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I looked,רָאִיתִיand look,וְהִנֵּהthere was noאֵיןhuman being,הָאָדָםand allוְכָלthe birdsעוֹףof the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםhad fled.נָדָדוּ
Jeremiah 4:25
Study it in the app“I looked, and look, there was no human being, and all the birds of the heavens had fled.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 4:25, word by word
- I lookedרָאִיתִיraiti
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appears- human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- the birdsעוֹףof
bird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appears- of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- had fledנָדָדוּnadadu
flee
To go far away, or flap wings.
Where else “nadadu” appears
The context
24I looked at the mountains, and look, they were quaking, and all the hills were swaying.
25 · This verse (above)
26I looked, and look, the orchard land was the wilderness, and all its cities were torn down before YHWH, before his burning anger.