Jeremiah 4:28 “Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I…”

Jeremiah 4:28

Therefore 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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore shall the earth mourne, and the heauens aboue shall be darkened, because I haue pronounced it: I haue thought it, and will not repent, neither will I turne backe from it.

Darby Translation

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 therefrom.

Young's Literal Translation

For this doth the land mourn, And black have been the heavens above, because I have spoken — I have purposed, And I have not repented, Nor do I turn back from it.

Bible in Basic English

The earth will be weeping for this, and the heavens on high will be black: because I have said it, and I will not go back from it; it is my purpose, and it will not be changed.

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Cross references

“the earth”

Jeremiah 12:4 Hosea 4:3 Jeremiah 4:23–26 Jeremiah 23:10 Isaiah 24:4 Joel 1:10

Jeremiah 12:4 · BSB

How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”

Hosea 4:3 · BSB

Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.

Jeremiah 4:23–26 · BSB

I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.

Jeremiah 23:10 · BSB

For the land is full of adulterers— because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up— their course is evil and their power is misused.

Isaiah 24:4 · BSB

The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.

Joel 1:10 · BSB

The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.

“the heavens”

Isaiah 50:3 Isaiah 5:30 Isaiah 34:4 Matthew 27:45 Mark 15:33 Luke 23:44

Isaiah 50:3 · BSB

I clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.”

Isaiah 5:30 · BSB

In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.

Isaiah 34:4 · BSB

All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.

Matthew 27:45 · BSB

From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.

Mark 15:33 · BSB

From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.

Luke 23:44 · BSB

It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.

“because”

Numbers 23:19 Jeremiah 7:16 Jeremiah 15:1–9 1 Samuel 15:29 Isaiah 14:24–27 Ezekiel 24:14

Numbers 23:19 · BSB

God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

Jeremiah 7:16 · BSB

As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.

Jeremiah 15:1–9 · BSB

Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!

1 Samuel 15:29 · BSB

Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”

Isaiah 14:24–27 · BSB

The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.

Ezekiel 24:14 · BSB

I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Also

Jeremiah 14:2 Jeremiah 30:24 Jeremiah 23:20 Jeremiah 12:11

Jeremiah 14:2 · BSB

“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 30:24 · BSB

The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.

Jeremiah 23:20 · BSB

The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.

Jeremiah 12:11 · BSB

They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.

29Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.

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