Jer 4:23-29, 12:4, Hos 4:3 | ESV | STEP | I looked on the earth , and behold , it was without form and void ; and to the heavens , and they had no light .

Jeremiah 4:23-29

23 I looked on the earth, and behold, it was ^awithout form and void;
^band to the heavens, and they had no light.
24 I looked on ^cthe mountains, and behold, they were quaking,
and all the hills moved to and fro.
25 ^dI looked, and behold, there was no man,
and all the birds of the air had fled.
26 I looked, and behold, the ^efruitful land was a desert,
and all its cities were laid in ruins
before the Lord, before ^fhis fierce anger.
27 For thus says the Lord, “The whole land shall be a desolation; ^gyet I will not make a full end.

28 ^h“For this the earth shall mourn,
ⁱand the heavens above be dark;
for I have spoken; I have purposed;
^jI have not relented, nor will I turn back.”
29 At the noise of horseman and archer
every city takes to flight;
they enter thickets; they climb among rocks;
all the cities are forsaken,
and ^kno man dwells in them.

Jeremiah 12:4

4 ^lHow long will the land mourn
and the grass of every field wither?
^mFor the evil of those who dwell in it
ⁿthe beasts and the birds are swept away,
because they said, “He will not see our latter end.”

Hosea 4:3

3 Therefore ^othe land mourns,
and all who dwell in it languish,
^pand also the beasts of the field
and the birds of the heavens,
^qand even the fish of the sea are taken away.