Jeremiah 4:28
For this the earth will mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not relented, neither will I turn back from it."
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
27For thus says the Lord, "The whole land shall be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.
Cross References
Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie,nor the son of man, that he should repent.Has he said, and will he not do it?Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
Isaiah 5:30They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea.If one looks to the land behold, darkness and distress.The light is darkened in its clouds.
Isaiah 24:4The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.
Isaiah 34:4All of the army of the sky will be dissolved.The sky will be rolled up like a scroll,and all its armies will fade away,as a leaf fades from off a vine or a fig tree.
Isaiah 50:3I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering."
Jeremiah 7:16Therefore do not pray for this people, neither lift up a cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me; for I will not hear you.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 4:20-31
Punishment Predicted. ( b. c. 620.) 19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. 20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. 21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? 22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and… Read the whole commentary →