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Jeremiah 4

Jer. 4:28 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Fora this shall the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
mourn
'abal (Hebrew #56)
to bewail
KJV usage: lament, mourn.
Pronounce: aw-bal'
Origin: a primitive root
, and the heavens
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
above
ma`al (Hebrew #4605)
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
KJV usage: above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (X very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
Pronounce: mah'al
Origin: from 5927
be black
qadar (Hebrew #6937)
to be ashy, i.e. dark-colored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)
KJV usage: be black(-ish), be (make) dark(-en), X heavily, (cause to) mourn.
Pronounce: kaw-dar'
Origin: a primitive root
: because I have spoken
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
it, I have purposed
zamam (Hebrew #2161)
to plan, usually in a bad sense
KJV usage: consider, devise, imagine, plot, purpose, think (evil).
Pronounce: zaw-mam'
Origin: a primitive root
it, and will not repent
nacham (Hebrew #5162)
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
KJV usage: comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
Pronounce: naw-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
, neither will I turn back
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
from it.
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Hos. 4:3• 3Therefore 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. (Hos. 4:3)

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the earth.
Jer. 4:23‑26• 23I beheld the earth, and lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
 24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
 25I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
 26I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of Jehovah, and by his fierce anger. (Jer. 4:23‑26)
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Jer. 12:4• 4How 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 end. (Jer. 12:4)
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Jer. 23:10• 10For the land is full of adulterers; for because of execration the land mourneth. The pastures of the wilderness are dried up; for their course is evil, and their force is not right. (Jer. 23:10)
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Isa. 24:4• 4The earth mourneth, it fadeth away: the world languisheth, it fadeth away; the haughty people of the earth do languish, (Isa. 24:4)
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Isa. 33:8‑9• 8The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth. He hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
 9The land mourneth, it languisheth; Lebanon is ashamed, is withered; the Sharon is become as a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel are stripped. (Isa. 33:8‑9)
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Hos. 4:3• 3Therefore 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. (Hos. 4:3)
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Joel 1:10• 10The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. (Joel 1:10)
the heavens.
Isa. 5:30• 30And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. And if [one] look unto the land, behold darkness [and] distress, and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof. (Isa. 5:30)
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Isa. 34:4• 4And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall away, as a leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as the withered [fruit] from the fig-tree. (Isa. 34:4)
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Isa. 50:3• 3I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. (Isa. 50:3)
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Joel 2:30‑31• 30And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
 31The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of Jehovah come. (Joel 2:30‑31)
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Matt. 27:45• 45Now from [the] sixth hour there was darkness over the whole land until [the] ninth hour; (Matt. 27:45)
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Mark 15:33• 33And when [the] sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until [the] ninth hour. (Mark 15:33)
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Luke 23:44• 44And it was now about [the] sixth hour, and there came darkness over the whole land till [the] ninth hour. (Luke 23:44)
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Rev. 6:12• 12And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood; (Rev. 6:12)
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Jer. 7:16• 16Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me for I will not hear thee. (Jer. 7:16)
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Jer. 14:11‑12• 11And Jehovah said unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
 12When they fast, I will not hear their cry: and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence. (Jer. 14:11‑12)
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Jer. 15:1‑9• 1And Jehovah said unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight and let them go forth.
 2And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith Jehovah, Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.
 3And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith Jehovah: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
 4And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
 5For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?
 6Thou hast forsaken me, saith Jehovah, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
 7And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.
 8Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.
 9She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the spirit; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 15:1‑9)
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Num. 23:19• 19Elohim is not a man, that he should lie;{HR}Neither the son of man, that he should repent:{HR}Hath he said, and shall he not do it?{HR}Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? (Num. 23:19)
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1 Sam. 15:29• 29And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. (1 Sam. 15:29)
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Isa. 14:24‑27• 24Jehovah of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass, and as I have purposed, it shall stand:
 25to break the Assyrian in my land; and on my mountains I will trample him; and his yoke shall depart from off them, and his burden from off their shoulders:
 26this the purpose [that is] purposed concerning the whole earth, and this the hand [that is] stretched out over all the nations.
 27For Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall frustrate [it]? and his hand [is] stretched out, and who shall turn it back? (Isa. 14:24‑27)
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Isa. 46:10‑11• 10declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times [the things] that are not done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure,
 11calling a bird of prey from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country. Yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed [it], I will also do it. (Isa. 46:10‑11)
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Ezek. 24:14• 14I Jehovah have spoken: it cometh to pass, I will do it; I will not go back, nor have pity, nor repent: according to thy ways and according to thy doings shall they judge thee, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 24:14)
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Hos. 13:14• 14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death: where, O death, are thy plagues? where, O Sheol, is thy destruction? Repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. (Hos. 13:14)
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Eph. 1:9,11• 9having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself
 11in whom we have also obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to [the] purpose of him that worketh all things according to the counsel of his will, (Eph. 1:9,11)
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Heb. 7:21• 21(for they indeed apart from oath-swearing are become priests, but he with oath-swearing by him that saith unto him, The Lord swore and will not repent, Thou [art] priest forever [according to the order of Melchizedek] (Heb. 7:21)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.

W. Kelly Translation

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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.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)