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Jeremiah 4:28

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4:28 Because of this the land will mourn

and the sky above will grow black. 1 

For I have made my purpose known 2 

and I will not relent or turn back from carrying it out.” 3 

Amos 8:10

Context

8:10 I will turn your festivals into funerals, 4 

and all your songs into funeral dirges.

I will make everyone wear funeral clothes 5 

and cause every head to be shaved bald. 6 

I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son; 7 

when it ends it will indeed have been a bitter day. 8 

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[4:28]  1 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]  2 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]  3 tn Heb “will not turn back from it.”

[8:10]  4 tn Heb “mourning.”

[8:10]  5 tn Heb “I will place sackcloth on all waists.”

[8:10]  6 tn Heb “and make every head bald.” This could be understood in a variety of ways, while the ritual act of mourning typically involved shaving the head (although occasionally the hair could be torn out as a sign of mourning).

[8:10]  7 tn Heb “I will make it like the mourning for an only son.”

[8:10]  8 tn Heb “and its end will be like a bitter day.” The Hebrew preposition כְּ (kaf) sometimes carries the force of “in every respect,” indicating identity rather than mere comparison.



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