What Does Jeremiah 4:28 Mean?

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

this (often used adverb)

“mourn”

to bewail

“For this shall the earth”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“be black”

to be ashy, i.e., dark-colored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)

“and the heavens”

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 r

“above”

properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“because I have spoken”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

“it I have purposed”

to plan, usually in a bad sense

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“it and will not repent”

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 (unfavo

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“neither will I turn back”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses