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Jeremiah 4:28

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.

KJV

Lugebit terra, et mœrebunt cæli desuper, eo quod locutus sum. Cogitavi, et non pœnituit me, nec aversus sum ab eo.

Vulgate

ἐπὶ τούτοις πενθείτω ἡ γῆ, καὶ συνσκοτασάτω ὁ οὐρανὸς ἄνωθεν· διότι ἐλάλησα καὶ οὐ μετανοήσω, ὥρμησα καὶ οὐκ ἀποστρέψω ἀπ’ αὐτῆς.

LXX

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

ASV

עַל זֹאת֙ תֶּאֱבַ֣ל הָ/אָ֔רֶץ וְ/קָדְר֥וּ הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם מִ/מָּ֑עַל עַ֤ל כִּי דִבַּ֨רְתִּי֙ זַמֹּ֔תִי וְ/לֹ֥א נִחַ֖מְתִּי וְ/לֹא אָשׁ֥וּב מִמֶּֽ/נָּה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
ה
h
adverb · 140×
זָמַ֖ם
zmm
verb · 13×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
נִי
ny
verb · 108×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
קֹדֵ֥ר
qdr
verb · 16×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
תֶּאֱבַ֣ל
t'bl
verb · 39×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Hos 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.
  • Isa 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.
  • Isa 14:27 — For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
  • Isa 50:3 — I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
  • Jer 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
  • Jer 30:24 — The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
  • Job 3:5 — Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
  • Joel 2:30 — And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
  • Num 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?
  • Zech 8:14 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not: