Jeremiah 4:28 KJV

For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.

Scofield Notes

Matthew Henry

  • The approaching ruin of JudahThe 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, every thing is...

Thompson Chains

Parallel Passages

  • Jeremiah 12:4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
  • Isaiah 50:3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
  • Jeremiah 12:4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
  • Hosea 4:3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
  • Isaiah 5:30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

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Hebrew and Strong’s

  • For this shall the earth זֹאת zōʾt Pronoun הָאָרֶץ hāʾāreṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
  • mourn תֶּאֱבַל teʾĕbal אָבַל Verb · qal imperfect, third person feminine singular
  • and the heavens הַשָּׁמַיִם haššāmayim שָׁמַיִם Noun · masculine plural · with the
  • above עַל ʿal Preposition מִמָּעַל mimmāʿal מַעַל Adverb · with preposition עַל ʿal Preposition
  • be black וְקָדְרוּ wĕqādĕrû קָדַר Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person common plural · with and
  • because I have spoken כִּי kî Conjunction דִבַּרְתִּי dibbartî דָבַר Verb · piel perfect, first person common singular
  • I have purposed זַמֹּתִי zammōtî זָמַם Verb · qal perfect, first person common singular
  • and will not repent וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and נִחַמְתִּי niḥamtî נָחַם Verb · niphal perfect, first person common singular וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and
  • neither will I turn back אָשׁוּב ʾāšûb שׁוּב Verb · qal imperfect, first person common singular מִמֶּנָּה mimmennâ Preposition · with suffix: third person feminine singular

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