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Jeremiah 23:19

See, the storm-wind of the Lord, even the heat of his wrath, has gone out, a rolling storm, bursting on the heads of the evil-doers.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Whirlwind;   Thompson Chain Reference - Leaders;   Meteorology;   Ministers;   Religious;   Whirlwind;   The Topic Concordance - Anger;   Last Days;   Prophecy and Prophets;   Sending and Those Sent;   Wickedness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Whirlwind;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Whirlwinds;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - False Prophet;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Lamentations, Book of;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Whirlwind;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Nebuchadnez'zar,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Whirlwind;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Alliteration and Kindred Figures;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Look, a storm from the Lord!Wrath has gone out,a whirling storm.It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.
Hebrew Names Version
Behold, the tempest of the LORD, [even his] wrath, is gone forth, yes, a whirling tempest: it shall burst on the head of the wicked.
King James Version
Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
English Standard Version
Behold, the storm of the Lord ! Wrath has gone forth, a whirling tempest; it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
New American Standard Bible
"Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone forth in wrath, Even a whirling tempest; It will swirl down on the head of the wicked.
New Century Version
Look, the punishment from the Lord will come like a storm. His anger will be like a hurricane. It will come swirling down on the heads of those wicked people.
Amplified Bible
"Behold, the tempest of the LORD has gone forth in wrath, A whirling tempest; It will whirl and burst on the heads of the wicked.
World English Bible
Behold, the tempest of Yahweh, [even his] wrath, is gone forth, yes, a whirling tempest: it shall burst on the head of the wicked.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Beholde, the tempest of the Lorde goeth forth in his wrath, and a violent whirlewinde shal fall downe vpon the head of the wicked.
Legacy Standard Bible
Behold, the storm of Yahweh has gone forth in wrath,Even a whirling storm;It will whirl down on the head of the wicked.
Berean Standard Bible
Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out in fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
Contemporary English Version
They are evil! So in my anger I will strike them like a violent storm.
Complete Jewish Bible
Look! The storm of Adonai , bursting out in fury, a whirling storm, whirling down upon the heads of the wicked!
Darby Translation
Behold, a tempest of Jehovah, fury is gone forth, yea, a whirling storm: it shall whirl down upon the head of the wicked.
Easy-to-Read Version
Now the punishment from the Lord will come like a storm. His anger will be like a tornado. It will come crashing down on the heads of those wicked people.
George Lamsa Translation
Behold, the punishment of the LORD is gone forth in fury, and the punishment will kindle; it shall fall upon the head of the wicked.
Good News Translation
His anger is a storm, a furious wind that will rage over the heads of the wicked,
Lexham English Bible
Look, the storm of Yahweh has gone forth in wrath, even a whirling tempest. It will whirl upon the head of the wicked.
Literal Translation
Behold, the tempest of Jehovah has gone forth in fury, even a whirling tempest. It will whirl on the head of the wicked.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, the stormy wether of the LORDE (that is, his indignacion) shal go forth, and shal fall downe vpon the heade of the vngodly.
American Standard Version
Behold, the tempest of Jehovah, even his wrath, is gone forth, yea, a whirling tempest: it shall burst upon the head of the wicked.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Behold, a storm of the LORD is gone forth in fury, yea, a whirling storm; it shall whirl upon the head of the wicked.
King James Version (1611)
Behold, a whirlewinde of the Lord is gone foorth in furie, euen a grieuous whirlewinde, it shall fall grieuously vpon the head of the wicked.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Beholde, the stormie weather of the Lorde [that is] his indignation, shall go foorth, and a violent whirlewinde shall fall downe vpon the head of the vngodly.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Behold, there is an earthquake from the Lord, and anger proceeds to a convulsion, it shall come violently upon the ungodly.
English Revised Version
Behold, the tempest of the LORD, even his fury, is gone forth, yea, a whirling tempest: it shall burst upon the head of the wicked.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! the whirlewynd of the Lordis indignacioun schal go out, and tempest brekynge schal come on the heed of wickid men.
Update Bible Version
Look, the tempest of Yahweh, [even his] wrath, has gone forth, yes, a whirling tempest: it shall burst on the head of the wicked.
Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
New English Translation
But just watch! The wrath of the Lord will come like a storm! Like a raging storm it will rage down on the heads of those who are wicked.
New King James Version
Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD has gone forth in fury-- A violent whirlwind! It will fall violently on the head of the wicked.
New Living Translation
Look! The Lord 's anger bursts out like a storm, a whirlwind that swirls down on the heads of the wicked.
New Life Bible
See, the strong wind storm of the Lord has gone out in anger. It will come down upon the head of the sinful.
New Revised Standard
Look, the storm of the Lord ! Wrath has gone forth, a whirling tempest; it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Lo! the tempest of Yahweh! Indignation, hath come forth, Even a tempest whirling along: On the head of the lawless, shall it hurl itself down.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold the whirlwind of the Lord’s indignation shall come forth, and a tempest shall break out and come upon the head of the wicked.
Revised Standard Version
Behold, the storm of the LORD! Wrath has gone forth, a whirling tempest; it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
Young's Literal Translation
Lo, a whirlwind of Jehovah -- Fury hath gone out, even a piercing whirlwind, On the head of the wicked it stayeth.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone forth in wrath, Even a whirling tempest; It will swirl down on the head of the wicked.

Contextual Overview

9 About the prophets. My heart is broken in me, all my bones are shaking; I am like a man full of strong drink, like a man overcome by wine; because of the Lord, and because of his holy words. 10 For the land is full of men who are untrue to their wives; because of the curse the land is full of grief; the green fields of the waste land have become dry; and they are quick to do evil, their strength is for what is not right. 11 For the prophet as well as the priest is unclean; even in my house I have seen their evil-doing, says the Lord. 12 For this cause their steps will be slipping on their way: they will be forced on into the dark and have a fall there: for I will send evil on them in the year of their punishment, says the Lord. 13 And I have seen ways without sense in the prophets of Samaria; they became prophets of the Baal, causing my people Israel to go wrong. 14 And in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a shocking thing; they are untrue to their wives, walking in deceit, and they make strong the hands of evil-doers, so that a man may not be turned back from his evil-doing: they have all become like Sodom to me, and its people like Gomorrah. 15 So this is what the Lord of armies has said about the prophets: See, I will give them a bitter plant for their food, and bitter water for their drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem unclean behaviour has gone out into all the land. 16 This is what the Lord of armies has said: Do not give ear to the words which the prophets say to you: they give you teaching of no value: it is from themselves that their vision comes, and not out of the mouth of the Lord. 17 They keep on saying to those who have no respect for the word of the Lord, You will have peace; and to everyone who goes on his way in the pride of his heart, they say, No evil will come to you. 18 For which of them has knowledge of the secret of the Lord, and has seen him, and given ear to his word? which of them has taken note of his word and given attention to it?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jeremiah 4:11, Jeremiah 25:32, Jeremiah 30:23, Psalms 58:9, Proverbs 1:27, Proverbs 10:25, Isaiah 5:25-28, Isaiah 21:1, Isaiah 40:24, Isaiah 66:15, Isaiah 66:16, Amos 1:14, Nahum 1:3-6, Zechariah 9:14

Reciprocal: Job 9:17 - For he Isaiah 28:17 - and the hail Jeremiah 4:4 - lest Jeremiah 21:12 - lest Lamentations 4:11 - Lord Ezekiel 1:4 - a whirlwind Ezekiel 13:13 - a stormy Zechariah 7:14 - scattered

Cross-References

Genesis 3:19
With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
Genesis 23:9
That he will give me the hollow in the rock named Machpelah, which is his property at the end of his field; let him give it to me for its full price as a resting-place for my dead among you.
Genesis 23:10
Now Ephron was seated among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite gave Abraham his answer in the hearing of the children of Heth, and of all those who came into his town, saying,
Genesis 47:30
But when I go to my fathers, you are to take me out of Egypt and put me to rest in their last resting-place. And he said, I will do so.
Genesis 50:13
For they took him into the land of Canaan and put him to rest in the hollow rock in the field of Machpelah, which Abraham got with the field, for a resting-place, from Ephron the Hittite at Mamre.
Genesis 50:25
Then Joseph made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God will certainly give effect to his word, and you are to take my bones away from here.
Job 30:23
For I am certain that you will send me back to death, and to the meeting-place ordered for all living.
Ecclesiastes 6:3
If a man has a hundred children, and his life is long so that the days of his years are great in number, but his soul takes no pleasure in good, and he is not honoured at his death; I say that a birth before its time is better than he.
Ecclesiastes 12:5
And he is in fear of that which is high, and danger is in the road, and the tree is white with flower, and the least thing is a weight, and desire is at an end, because man goes to his last resting-place, and those who are sorrowing are in the streets;
Ecclesiastes 12:7
And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury,.... Or, "behold, a whirlwind of the Lord, of the fury is gone forth" b; which latter clause explains the former; and, hews, that by "the whirlwind of the Lord" is meant his "fury" or "wrath"; which, like a whirlwind, would come suddenly, and at an unawares, and be very boisterous and powerful, and carry all before it; and which was gone forth from the Lord in the decree and commission; and would quickly break out and appear in the Chaldean army that would invade Judea and besiege Jerusalem, compared to a full and fanning wind, and its chariots to a whirlwind, Jeremiah 4:11; from whence it would appear, that these men, the false prophets, were not in the counsel of God; had seen no vision from him, nor had marked his word: since they prophesied of peace and prosperity, when a blustering storm was coming:

even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked; or "rest" c thereon; even on the head of the wicked prophets, and all such wicked persons as give heed unto them; on them it would fall with its full weight, and give excessive pain, and there continue to their utter ruin. Kimchi says this refers to the days of the Messiah, when all the wicked shall be consumed. It may refer to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, at least include it; which was a grievous whirlwind indeed.

b הנה סערת יהוה המה יצאה "ecce turbo Domini exandescentia", Montanus, Junius Tremellius "en procella Jehovae! ira exivit", Schmidt. c יחול "manebit", Montanus, Cocceius; "permanebit", Junius Tremellius "residebit", Targ. "requiescet", Syr.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rather, “Behold, the tempest of Yahweh, even hot anger hath gone forth and a whirlwind shall burst upon the head of the wicked.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 23:19. Behold, a whirlwind — The simoom: the hot pestilential wind blowing from the south, frequently mentioned or referred to in the sacred writings; see Jeremiah 23:10.


 
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