Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
I looked, and the fruitful land had become a desert. All its towns were broken down because of the LORD, because of his burning anger.
New American Standard Bible
And all its cities were pulled down
Before the Lord, before His fierce anger.
King James Version
I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
Holman Bible
All its cities were torn down
because of the Lord
and His burning anger.
American Standard Version
I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of Jehovah, and before his fierce anger.
Amplified
I looked, and behold, the fertile land was a wilderness,
And all its cities were pulled down
Before the [presence of the] Lord, before His fierce anger.
Bible in Basic English
Looking, I saw that the fertile field was a waste, and all its towns were broken down before the Lord and before his burning wrath.
Darby Translation
I beheld, and lo, the fruitful land was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down, before Jehovah, before his fierce anger.
Julia Smith Translation
I saw, and behold, Carmel a desert, and all its cities were broken down from the face of Jehovah, from the face of the heat of his anger.
King James 2000
I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I looked and behold, the fruitful land [was] a desert, and all of its cities were ruined before Yahweh, before the face of {his burning anger}.
Modern King James verseion
I looked, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down before the face of Jehovah, before His fierce anger.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I marked well, and the plowed field was become waste: yea, all their cities were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and indignation of his wrath.
NET Bible
I looked and saw that the fruitful land had become a desert and that all of the cities had been laid in ruins. The Lord had brought this all about because of his blazing anger.
New Heart English Bible
I saw, and behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of the LORD, before his fierce anger.
The Emphasized Bible
I beheld, And lo! the garden-land, was a desert, - And, all its cities, had been broken down, Because of Yahweh, Because of the glow of his anger!
Webster
I beheld, and lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
World English Bible
I saw, and behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of Yahweh, [and] before his fierce anger.
Youngs Literal Translation
I have looked, and lo, The fruitful place is a wilderness, And all its cities have been broken down, Because of Jehovah, Because of the fierceness of His anger.
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Jeremiah 4:26
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Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
25 I looked, and no people were there. All the birds of the sky had gone. 26 I looked, and the fruitful land had become a desert. All its towns were broken down because of the LORD, because of his burning anger. 27 For this is what the LORD says: "The entire land will be devastated, but I won't completely destroy it.
Cross References
Psalm 107:34
and a fruitful land into a salty waste, due to the wickedness of its inhabitants.
Deuteronomy 29:23-28
The whole land will be covered with salt pits and burning sulfur, with nothing planted, nothing sprouting, and producing no vegetation overthrown like Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, when the LORD overthrew them in his raging fury.
Psalm 76:7
You are awesome! who can stand in your presence when you're angry?
Isaiah 5:9-10
The LORD of the Heavenly Armies has declared this so I could hear it: "Surely many houses will become desolate, great and beautiful houses, without occupants.
Isaiah 7:20-25
At that time, the LORD will hire a barber to come from beyond the Euphrates River that is, the king of Assyria and he will shave your heads, your leg hair, and your beards, too.
Jeremiah 12:4
How long will the land mourn and the vegetation of every field dry up? Because of the wickedness of those who live in it, animals and birds are swept away. For they say, "He does not see our future."
Jeremiah 14:2-6
"Judah mourns, and her gates languish. The people mourn for the land, and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.
Micah 3:12
"Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the Temple Mount like a forest high place."