Jeremiah
Jeremiah 4:28
28Therefore the earth will mourn
and the heavens above will grow dark.
I have spoken, I have planned,
and I will not relent or turn back.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Therefore | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the earth | הָאָ֔רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| will mourn | תֶּאֱבַ֣ל | te·’ĕ·ḇal | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | H56 mourn |
| the heavens | הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם | haš·šā·ma·yim | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H8064 sky, aloft |
| above | מִמָּ֑עַל | mim·mā·‘al | Preposition-m; Adverb | H4605 higher part |
| will grow dark | וְקָדְר֥וּ | wə·qā·ḏə·rū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | H6937 be dark |
| I have spoken | דִבַּ֙רְתִּי֙ | ḏib·bar·tî | Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular | H1696 speak |
| I have planned | זַמֹּ֔תִי | zam·mō·ṯî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H2161 consider, purpose, devise |
| and I will not | וְלֹ֥א | wə·lō | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| relent | נִחַ֖מְתִּי | ni·ḥam·tî | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular | H5162 be sorry, console |
| or turn back | אָשׁ֥וּב | ’ā·šūḇ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H7725 turn back, return |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Numbers 23:19 · Jeremiah 12:4 · Isaiah 50:3 · Hosea 4:3 · Joel 2:30–31 · Isaiah 5:30
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.