Jeremiah 4:23 meaning and explanation

I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.

Jeremiah 4:23, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah is speaking here, describing a vision of judgment that the LORD has shown him. The Hebrew words for "formless and void" are tohu and bohu, the same pair used in Genesis 1:2 for the unformed earth before God's creative word.

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