Jeremiah 4:28 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Jeremiah 4:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For ... - Because of this doom upon Judah. I have purposed it - The Septuagint arrangement restores the parallelism: For I have spoken, and will not repent, I have purposed, and will not...
Jeremiah 4:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Vision of Desolation ( Jeremiah 4:23-26 ) most impressively describes the Divine visitation of Judah. The earth becomes like the chaos before creation ( mg. ) under a sky that has lost its lamp...
Jeremiah 4:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

I have purposed it, and, &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( Numbers 23:19 ). App-92.
Jeremiah 4:28 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah proceeds here with the same subject, and still introduces God as the speaker, that what is said might produce a greater effect. For this, he says, the land shall mourn. The mournin...
Jeremiah 4:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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.
Jeremiah 4:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. For this - on account of t...
Jeremiah 4:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet Sets Forth the Sin of the Nation and Points Out the Inevitable Result (Reign of Josiah, and Probably Before the Reforms of that King: cp. Jeremiah 3:6 ) This section furnishes us with...
Jeremiah 4:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For this shall the earth mourn... — As with all true poets, the face of nature seems to the prophet to sympathise with human suffering. (Comp. Amos 8:9 ; Matthew 24:29 .)
Jeremiah 4:28 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 5:1-31 ; Jeremiah 6:1-30 CHAPTER IV THE SCYTHIANS AS THE SCOURGE OF GOD Jeremiah 4:3 - Jeremiah 6:30 IF we would understand what is written here and elsewhere in the pages of p...
Jeremiah 4:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jehovah immediately promised that if Israel would return, she would be established. Then the prophet declared that judgment was determined on. He appealed to the people to repent, and that not in ext...
Jeremiah 4:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There is somewhat uncommonly solemn and striking, when the Lord by his servants, as in many parts of scripture, calls upon the heavenly bodies, and the inanimate parts of nature, to lament by their a...
Jeremiah 4:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For this shall the earth mourn ,.... That is, for the full end that will be made hereafter, though not now; the earth may be said to mourn when the inhabitants of it do; or when it is destroyed, and...
Jeremiah 4:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 28. Because I have spo...
Jeremiah 4:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For this shall the earth mourn , &c. More expressions to set forth the dreadfulness of the judgment: he makes the elements to personate mourners. And the heavens above be black Under sad calam...
Jeremiah 4:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Punishment Predicted. B. C. 620. 19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart...
Jeremiah 4:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; expressions to set forth the dreadfulness of the judgment; he makes the elements to personate mourners, a sad face of things above an...
Jeremiah 4:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Warns Judah That If They Will Not Repent For Them Too Invasion By A Fierce Adversary Is Threatening And Will Undoubtedly Come Because Of Their Sins ( Jeremiah 4:3-31 ). If Judah will not resp...
Jeremiah 4:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Chronology of the chapter, Contemporary Scriptures, Historic Facts, Contemporary History as in chap. 3. 1. Geographical References. Jeremiah 4:5 . “ Defenced cit...
Jeremiah 4:28 - Scofield Reference Notes

repent ( See Scofield) - ( Zechariah 8:14 ).
Jeremiah 4:28 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 4:1-2 . If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. And thou shalt swear, The L...
Jeremiah 4:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 4:3 . Break up your fallow ground. Hebrews ניר nir, novale; make new land, eradicate the thorns. Hosea 10:12 . Our old phrase, the fallow deer, seems to give the exact import of the...
Jeremiah 4:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Jeremiah 4:1 , Jeremiah 4:2 The form and structure of the translation require a change. Render, If thou wilt return , O Israel , saith Jehovah , wilt return unto me ; a...
Jeremiah 4:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Desolation Following the Lord's Judgment. The prophet here, in a most dramatic manner, introduces Israel as lamenting over the calamity which has struck the nation.
Jeremiah 4:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 15:29 ; Ephesians 1:11 ; Ephesians 1:9 ; Ezekiel 24:14 ; Hebrews 7:21 ; Hosea 13:14 ; Hosea 4:3 ; Isaiah 14:24-27 ; Isaiah 24:4 ; Isaiah 33:8 ; Isaiah 33:9 ; Isaiah 34:4 ; Isaia...
Jeremiah 4:28 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Mourn — Expressions to set forth the dreadfulness of the judgment; he makes the elements to personate mourners.

Jeremiah 4:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 4:28 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 4:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 4:28 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 4:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 4:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 4:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 4:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 4:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 4:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 4:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 4:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 4:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 4:28 - Scofield Reference Notes

Jeremiah 4:28 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 4:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 4:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 4:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 4:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 4:28 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes