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the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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Brenton's Septuagint

Jeremiah 4:12

But a spirit of full vengeance shall come upon me; and now I declare my judgments against them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Condescension of God;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Deserts;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Threshing;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Winnow;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kir-Hareseth;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jeremiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Agriculture;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
a wind too strong for this comes at my call. Now I will also pronounce judgments against them.’”
Hebrew Names Version
a full wind from these shall come for me: now will I also utter judgments against them.
King James Version
Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.
English Standard Version
a wind too full for this comes for me. Now it is I who speak in judgment upon them."
New American Standard Bible
a wind too strong for this—will come at My command; now I will also pronounce judgments against them."
New Century Version
I feel a stronger wind than that. Now even I will announce judgments against the people of Judah."
Amplified Bible
a wind too strong and full for this comes at My word. Now I will also speak judgment against My people."
World English Bible
a full wind from these shall come for me: now will I also utter judgments against them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
A mightie winde shall come vnto me from those places, and nowe will I also giue sentence vpon them.
Legacy Standard Bible
a wind too full for these things—will come for My purpose; now I will also speak judgments against them.
Berean Standard Bible
a wind too strong for that comes from Me. Now I will also pronounce judgments against them."
Complete Jewish Bible
this wind of mine is too strong for that. Now I will pass sentence on them."
Darby Translation
A wind more vehement than that shall come from me: now will I also pronounce judgments against them.
Easy-to-Read Version
It is a stronger wind than that, and it comes from me. Now I will announce my judgment against the people of Judah."
George Lamsa Translation
But a strong wind from those places shall come to me; now also I will pronounce judgment against 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.
Lexham English Bible
a wind too strong for these will come for me, now also I speak judgments against them."
Literal Translation
A wind more full than these shall come for Me. Now I also will speak judgments against them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
After that shall there come vnto me a stronge wynde, and then wil I also geue sentence vpon them.
American Standard Version
a full wind from these shall come for me: now will I also utter judgments against them.
Bible in Basic English
A full wind will come for me: and now I will give my decision against them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
A wind too strong for this shall come for Me; now will I also utter judgments against them.
King James Version (1611)
Euen a full winde from those places shall come vnto mee: now also will I giue sentence against them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
After that, shall there come vnto me a strong wynde from those places, & then wyll I also geue sentence vpon them.
English Revised Version
a full wind from these shall come for me: now will I also utter judgments against them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A spirit ful of hem schal come to me; and now Y, but Y schal speke my domes with hem.
Update Bible Version
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.
New English Translation
No, a wind too strong for that will come at my bidding. Yes, even now I, myself, am calling down judgment on them.'
New King James Version
A wind too strong for these will come for Me; Now I will also speak judgment against them."
New Living Translation
It is a roaring blast sent by me! Now I will pronounce your destruction!"
New Life Bible
A wind too strong for this will come at My word. Now I will bring punishment against them."
New Revised Standard
a wind too strong for that. Now it is I who speak in judgment against them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A wind too strong for these, cometh in for me. Now, will, I also, pronounce sentences upon them:
Douay-Rheims Bible
A full wind from these places shall come to me: and now I will speak my judgments with them.
Revised Standard Version
a wind too full for this comes for me. Now it is I who speak in judgment upon them."
Young's Literal Translation
A full wind from these doth come for Me, Now, also, I speak judgments with them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
a wind too strong for this—will come at My command; now I will also pronounce judgments against them.

Contextual Overview

5 Declare ye in Juda, and let it be heard in Jerusalem: say ye, Sound the trumpet in the land; cry ye aloud: say ye, Gather yourselves together, and let us enter into the fortified cities. 6 Gather up your wares and flee to Sion: hasten, stay not: for I will bring evils from the north, an great destruction. 7 The lion is gone up from his lair, he has roused himself to the destruction of the nations, and has gone forth out of his place, to make the land desolate; and the cities shall be destroyed, so as to be without inhabitant. 8 For these things gird yourselves with sackclothes, and lament, and howl: for the anger of the Lord is not turned away from you. 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be amazed, and the prophets shall wonder. 10 And I said, O sovereign Lord, verily thou hast deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, There shall be peace; whereas behold, the sword has reached even to their soul. 11 At that time they shall say to this people and to Jerusalem, There is a spirit of error in the wilderness: the way of the daughter of my people is not to purity, nor to holiness. 12 But a spirit of full vengeance shall come upon me; and now I declare my judgments against them. 13 Behold, he shall come up as a cloud, and his chariots as a tempest: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are in misery. 14 Cleanse thine heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayest be saved: how long will thy grievous thoughts be within thee?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a full wind from those: or, a fuller wind than those

give sentence: Heb. utter judgments, Jeremiah 1:16, Ezekiel 5:8, Ezekiel 6:11-13, Ezekiel 7:8, Ezekiel 7:9

Reciprocal: Job 1:19 - a great Job 30:22 - liftest me Isaiah 64:6 - our iniquities Jeremiah 13:24 - as Jeremiah 15:7 - I will fan Jeremiah 39:5 - gave judgment upon him Jeremiah 51:1 - a destroying wind Ezekiel 19:12 - the east Ezekiel 22:20 - in mine Hosea 4:19 - wind Zechariah 7:14 - scattered

Cross-References

Genesis 4:3
And it was so after some time that Cain brought of the fruits of the earth a sacrifice to the Lord.
Genesis 4:4
And Abel also brought of the first born of his sheep and of his fatlings, and God looked upon Abel and his gifts,
Genesis 4:14
If thou castest me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from thy presence, and I shall be groaning and trembling upon the earth, then it will be that any one that finds me shall slay me.
Genesis 4:17
And Cain knew his wife, and having conceived she bore Enoch; and he built a city; and he named the city after the name of his son, Enoch.
Genesis 4:18
And to Enoch was born Gaidad; and Gaidad begot Maleleel; and Maleleel begot Mathusala; and Mathusala begot Lamech.
Genesis 4:23
And Lamech said to his wives, Ada and Sella, Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, consider my words, because I have slain a man to my sorrow and a youth to my grief.
Genesis 4:24
Because vengeance has been exacted seven times on Cain’s behalf, on Lamech’s it shall be seventy times seven.
Leviticus 26:20
And your strength shall be in vain; and your land shall not yield its seed, and the tree of your field shall not yield its fruit.
Leviticus 26:36
And to those who are left of you I will bring bondage into their heart in the land of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them, and they shall flee as fleeing from war, and shall fall when none pursues them.
Psalms 109:10
Let his children wander without a dwelling-place, and beg: let them be cast out of their habitations.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me,.... That is, a strong one, very vehement; or, "a wind which is fuller than these", as the Syriac version renders it; which is stronger than those winds which are fit for fanning and winnowing the chaff from the wheat. Jarchi interprets it, a wind full of those punishments which God had threatened, and determined to bring upon this people, and would not turn from, nor repent of: and the phrase "shall come unto me" regards not the prophet, nor the people of the Jews, whom he represented, but the Lord himself; and shows that the wind is at his command, and when he calls, it comes unto him, and obeys his will, Psalms 148:8 and that all afflictions, judgments, and punishments for sin, are from him:

now also will l give sentence against them; not the prophet, but the Lord, who would now call them to his bar, try their cause, reprove them for their sins, pronounce sentence against them, and execute it. The Targum is,

"because they have wandered after the false prophets, who prophesied to them in a spirit of falsehood; therefore the armies of the people, higher than those, as the wind shall come against them; even now by my word I will bring them, and pronounce the vengeance of my judgments on them.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Or, as in the margin; i. e., a wind more full, more impetuous than those winds which serve for fanning and cleansing the grain.

Unto me - Rather, for me: to perform my will.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 4:12. Jeremiah 4:11.


 
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