Jeremiah

Jeremiah 4:23

²³I looked at the earth,

and it was formless and void;

I looked to the heavens,

and they had no light.

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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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.