Jeremiah 4:28

“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.””

Jeremiah 4:28 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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