Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version a wind too strong for that comes from me. Now I pronounce my judgments against them.” New Living Translation It is a roaring blast sent by me! Now I will pronounce your destruction!” English Standard Version a wind too full for this comes for me. Now it is I who speak in judgment upon them.” Berean Standard Bible a wind too strong for that comes from Me. Now I also pronounce judgments against them.” King James Bible Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them. New King James Version A wind too strong for these will come for Me; Now I will also speak judgment against them.” New American Standard Bible a wind too strong for this—will come at My command; now I will also pronounce judgments against them.” NASB 1995 a wind too strong for this— will come at My command; now I will also pronounce judgments against them. NASB 1977 a wind too strong for this—will come at My command; now I will also pronounce judgments against them. Legacy Standard Bible a wind too full for these things—will come for My purpose; now I will also speak judgments against them. Amplified Bible a wind too strong and full for this comes at My word. Now I will also speak judgment against My people.” Christian Standard Bible a wind too strong for this comes at my call. Now I will also pronounce judgments against them.’ ” Holman Christian Standard Bible a wind too strong for this comes at My call. Now I will also pronounce judgments against them.’” American Standard Version a full wind from these shall come for me: now will I also utter judgments against them. English Revised Version a full wind from these shall come for me: now will I also utter judgments against them. GOD'S WORD® Translation It will be a stronger wind than that. It will come from me. Now, I will pass sentence on them." Good News Translation the wind that comes at the LORD's command will be much stronger than that! It is the LORD himself who is pronouncing judgment on his people. International Standard Version A wind too strong for that is coming at my bidding. Now I'm judging them as I speak." Majority Standard Bible a wind too strong for that comes from Me. Now I also pronounce judgments against them.” NET Bible No, a wind too strong for that will come at my bidding. Yes, even now I, myself, am calling down judgment on them.' New Heart English Bible a full wind from these shall come for me. Now I will also utter judgments against them." Webster's Bible Translation Even a full wind from those places shall come to me: now also will I give sentence against them. World English Bible A full wind from these will come for me. Now I will also utter judgments against them.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionA full wind from these comes for Me, "" Now also, I speak judgments with them.” Young's Literal Translation A full wind from these doth come for Me, Now, also, I speak judgments with them. Smith's Literal Translation A spirit of fulness above these shall come to me: now will I also speak judgments to them. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleA full wind from these places shall come to me: and now I will speak my judgments with them. Catholic Public Domain Version A full spirit from these places will come to me. And now I will speak my judgments over them. New American Bible a strong wind from there comes at my bidding. Now I too pronounce sentence upon them. New Revised Standard Version a wind too strong for that. Now it is I who speak in judgment against them. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut a strong wind from those places shall come to me; now also I will pronounce judgment against them. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The wind that is full of these will come to me, therefore also I shall speak my judgment with them OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917A wind too strong for this shall come for Me; Now will I also utter judgments against them. Brenton Septuagint Translation But a spirit of full vengeance shall come upon me; and now I declare my judgments against them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Disaster from the North…11At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward the daughter of My people, but not to winnow or to sift; 12a wind too strong for that comes from Me. Now I also pronounce judgments against them.” 13Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!… Cross References Ezekiel 13:13 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury. Hosea 13:15 Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article. Isaiah 66:15 For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire. Isaiah 30:27-28 Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire. / His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray. Isaiah 5:24 Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. Amos 4:9 “I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. Isaiah 40:7 The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass. Isaiah 41:16 You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 17:13 The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale. Isaiah 29:6 you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire. Matthew 24:31 And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. Revelation 7:1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree. Revelation 9:14-15 saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” / So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. 2 Thessalonians 1:7-8 and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels / in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. Matthew 13:41-42 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness. / And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Treasury of Scripture Even a full wind from those places shall come to me: now also will I give sentence against them. a full wind from those. Jeremiah 1:16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. Ezekiel 5:8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations. Ezekiel 6:11-13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence… Jump to Previous Command Decision Full Judgment Judgments Places Pronounce Sentence Speak Strong Utter Vehement WindJump to Next Command Decision Full Judgment Judgments Places Pronounce Sentence Speak Strong Utter Vehement WindJeremiah 4 1. God calls Israel by his promise3. He exhorts Judah to repentance by fearful judgments 19. A grievous lamentation for Judah a wind too strong for this This phrase captures the intensity and overwhelming nature of the judgment that God is proclaiming through the prophet Jeremiah. The Hebrew word for "wind" here is "רוּחַ" (ruach), which can mean wind, spirit, or breath. In the context of Jeremiah, it often symbolizes God's powerful and purifying judgment. This is not a gentle breeze but a forceful, divine intervention that is beyond human control or resistance. Historically, the imagery of a strong wind would resonate with the people of Judah, who were familiar with the destructive power of desert winds, known as sirocco, which could devastate crops and homes. Spiritually, this wind signifies the inescapable and righteous judgment of God against the sin and idolatry of His people. will come at My command Now I will also pronounce judgments against them Shall come unto me.--Better, for me, as doing my pleasure. Give sentence against them.--sc., against the sinful people of Judah and Jerusalem. Verse 12. - Even a full wind from those places. The passage is obscure, but this is a very possible rendering. "Full," equivalent to "violent;" "those (places)," equivalent to the bare hills spoken of in ver. 11. Keil and Payne Smith, however, render, "a fuller wind than those," i.e. a more violent wind than those which serve for winnowing the corn; while Hitzig (see on ver. 11) supposes "from those" to mean the persons described in ver. 11 as "the daughter of my people." Unto me; or perhaps for me, at my beck and call. Now also will I, etc. We must supply the other term of the antithesis from the context: "As they have sinned against me, so will I also now hold a court of justice upon them" (see on Jeremiah 1:16).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew a windר֧וּחַ (rū·aḥ) Noun - common singular Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit too strong מָלֵ֛א (mā·lê) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 4392: Full, filling, fulness, fully for that מֵאֵ֖לֶּה (mê·’êl·leh) Preposition-m | Pronoun - common plural Strong's 428: These, those comes יָ֣בוֹא (yā·ḇō·w) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go from Me. לִ֑י (lî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew Now עַתָּ֕ה (‘at·tāh) Adverb Strong's 6258: At this time I אֲנִ֛י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I will also גַּם־ (gam-) Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and pronounce אֲדַבֵּ֥ר (’ă·ḏab·bêr) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue judgments מִשְׁפָּטִ֖ים (miš·pā·ṭîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style against them.” אוֹתָֽם׃ (’ō·w·ṯām) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among Links Jeremiah 4:12 NIVJeremiah 4:12 NLT Jeremiah 4:12 ESV Jeremiah 4:12 NASB Jeremiah 4:12 KJV Jeremiah 4:12 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 4:12 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 4:12 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 4:12 French Bible Jeremiah 4:12 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 4:12 A full wind from these shall come (Jer.) |