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Jeremiah 4:28
New English Translation
Jeremiah 4:28
New English Translation
28 Because of this the land will mourn
and the sky above will grow black.[a]
For I have made my purpose known,[b]
and I will not relent or turn back from carrying it out.”[c]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 4:28 sn The earth and the heavens are personified here and depicted in the act of mourning and wearing black clothes because of the destruction of the land of Israel.
- Jeremiah 4:28 tn Heb “has spoken and purposed.” This is an example of hendiadys where two verbs are joined by “and” but one is meant to serve as a modifier of the other.
- Jeremiah 4:28 tn Heb “will not turn back from it.”
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