Story · 20 · Jonah
Creation undone
Jeremiah looks at the land and sees it 'unformed and void,' the sky without light, mountains quaking, no people, birds fled, cities razed.
War can feel like the end of creation.
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The poem echoes the language of Genesis 1 in reverse. It likely began as a lament performed after catastrophe, then was reframed as a vision of Judah's coming fall. Declarations that God was done with his people raised the question: why?
Bible reference: Jeremiah 4:23–26
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 321–322
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