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A World Undone
Commentators unanimously highlight that Jeremiah uses the exact Hebrew words from Genesis 1:2, 'tohu va-bohu' ('waste and void'). This isn't just destruction; it's a 'de-creation.' The vision portrays the land of Judea as being thrown back into a state of primeval chaos, as if God's creative work were being undone. This powerful imagery shows the devastating and world-altering consequences of sin.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 4:23–26
18th Century
Theologian
In four verses, each beginning with “I beheld,” the prophet sees in vision the desolate condition of Judea during the Babylonian captivity.
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Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 4:23
19th Century
Bishop
I beheld the earth. —In words of terrible grandeur the prophet speaks, as if he had already seen the consummated destruct…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 4:22–23
19th Century
Preacher
As if they had gone back to chaos – to the primeval darkness – to the first disorder before God began to create.
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 4:23–26
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet in this passage elaborates in highly metaphorical language on the terror of God’s vengeance, so that he might rouse the Jews, who were …
John Gill
On Jeremiah 4:23
17th Century
Pastor
I beheld the earth
The land of Judea, not the whole world; and this the prophet says, either in spirit, as Jerom; or…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 4:19–31
17th Century
Minister
The prophet had no pleasure in delivering messages of wrath. He is shown in a vision the whole land in confusion.
Compared with what it was,…