Jeremiah 4:12

4:12 No, ¹  a wind too strong for that will come at my bidding.

Yes, even now I, myself, am calling down judgment on them.’ ² 

Jeremiah 4:28

4:28 Because of this the land will mourn

and the sky above will grow black. ³ 

For I have made my purpose known ⁴ 

and I will not relent or turn back from carrying it out.” ⁵ 

[4:12]  ¹ tn The word “No” is not in the text but is carried over from the connection with the preceding line “not for…”

[4:12]  ² tn Heb “will speak judgments against them.”

[4:28]  ³ 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.

[4:28]  ⁴ 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.

[4:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “will not turn back from it.”