For thisעַל זֹאתthe earthהָאָרֶץwill mourn,תֶּאֱבַלand the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםaboveמִמָּעַלwill grow dark,וְקָדְרוּbecauseעַל כִּיI have spoken,דִבַּרְתִּיI have purposed,זַמֹּתִיand I have notוְלֹאrelented,נִחַמְתִּיand I will notוְלֹאturn backאָשׁוּבfrom it.”מִמֶּנָּה
Jeremiah 4:28
Study it in the app“For this the earth will mourn, and the heavens above will grow dark, because I have spoken, I have purposed, and I have not relented, and I will not turn back from it.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 4:28, word by word
- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- will mournתֶּאֱבַלteeval
mourn
Mourn, grieve for the dead.
Where else “teeval” appears- and the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- aboveמָּעַלmaal
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “maal” appears- will grow darkקָדְרוּkadru
grow dark
For the sky, sun or moon to lose their light.
Where else “kadru” appears- I have spokenדִבַּרְתִּיdibarti
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appears- I have purposedזַמֹּתִיzamoti
resolve
To make up one's mind.
Where else “zamoti” appears- relentedנִחַמְתִּיnichamti
relent
God gives up the evil he announced and leaves it unfulfilled.
Where else “nichamti” appears- turn backאָשׁוּבashuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “ashuv” appears
The context
27For thus says YHWH: “The whole land will be a desolation, yet a full end I will not make.
28 · This verse (above)
29At the noise of horseman and archer every city flees; they go into the thickets and climb up among the rocks; every city is forsaken, and no man lives in them.