Jeremiah

Jeremiah 4:23–24

²³I looked at the earth,

and it was formless and void;

I looked to the heavens,

and they had no light.

²⁴I looked at the mountains,

and behold, they were quaking;

all the hills were swaying.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I looked	רָאִ֙יתִי֙	rā·’î·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H7200 see
at the earth	הָאָ֔רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and it was formless	תֹ֖הוּ	ṯō·hū	Noun - masculine singular	H8414 formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness
and void	וָבֹ֑הוּ	wā·ḇō·hū	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H922 emptiness
to	וְאֶל־	wə·’el-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H413 motion to
the heavens	הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם	haš·šā·ma·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
and they	וְאֵ֥ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
light	אוֹרָֽם׃	’ō·w·rām	Noun - common singular construct; third person masculine plural	H216 light

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I looked	רָאִ֙יתִי֙	rā·’î·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H7200 see
at the mountains	הֶֽהָרִ֔ים	he·hā·rîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
and behold	וְהִנֵּ֖ה	wə·hin·nêh	Conjunctive waw; Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
they were quaking	רֹעֲשִׁ֑ים	rō·‘ă·šîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H7493 quake, shake
all	וְכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the hills	הַגְּבָע֖וֹת	hag·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H1389 hill
were swaying	הִתְקַלְקָֽלוּ׃	hiṯ·qal·qā·lū	Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person common plural	H7043 be slight, swift, trifling

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Jeremiah 4:23 Matthew 24:29 · Mark 13:24–25 · Isaiah 13:10 · Joel 3:15–16 · Genesis 1:2 · Luke 21:25–26 · Ezekiel 32:7–8 · Joel 2:10 · Amos 8:9 · Joel 2:30–31 · Acts 2:19–20 · Isaiah 5:30

Jeremiah 4:24 Ezekiel 38:20 · Isaiah 5:25 · Jeremiah 10:10 · Nahum 1:5–6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.