Jeremiah 4:12

Contemporary English Version

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.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But a spirit of full vengeance shall come upon me; and now I declare my judgments against 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 The Lord said: "Sound the trumpets, my people. Warn the people of Judah, ‘Run for your lives! ⁶ Head for Jerusalem or another walled town!' "Jeremiah, tell them I'm sending disaster from the north. ⁷ An army will come out, like a lion from its den. It will destroy nations and leave your towns empty and in ruins." ⁸ Then I said to the people of Israel, "Put on sackcloth! Mourn and cry out, ‘The Lord is still angry with us.'" ⁹ The Lord said, "When all this happens, the king and his officials, the prophets and the priests will be shocked and terrified." ¹⁰ I said, "You are the Lord God. So why have you fooled everyone, especially the people of Jerusalem? Why did you promise peace, when a knife is at our throats?" ¹¹When disaster comes, the Lord will tell you people of Jerusalem, "I am sending a windstorm from the desert— not a welcome breeze. And it will sweep you away as punishment for your sins. < ¹³ Look! The enemy army swoops down like an eagle; their cavalry and chariots race faster than storm clouds blown by the wind." Then you will answer, "We are doomed!" ¹⁴ But Jerusalem, there is still time for you to be saved. Wash the evil from your hearts and stop making sinful plans, ¹⁵ before a message of disaster arrives from the hills of Ephraim and the town of Dan.

Bible Verse Review
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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
One day, Cain gave part of his harvest to the Lord ,

Genesis 4:4
and Abel also gave an offering to the Lord . He killed the first-born lamb from one of his sheep and gave the Lord the best parts of it. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,

Genesis 4:14
"You're making me leave my home and live far from you. I will have to wander about without a home, and just anyone could kill me."

Genesis 4:17
Later, Cain and his wife had a son named Enoch. At the time Cain was building a town, and so he named it Enoch after his son.

Genesis 4:18
Then Enoch had a son named Irad, who had a son named Mehujael, who had a son named Methushael, who had a son named Lamech.

Genesis 4:23
One day, Lamech said to his two wives, "A young man wounded me, and I killed him.

Genesis 4:24
Anyone who tries to get even with me will be punished ten times more than anyone who tries to get even with Cain."

Leviticus 26:20
All of your hard work will be for nothing—and there will be no harvest of grain or fruit.

Leviticus 26:36
In the land of your enemies, you will tremble at the rustle of a leaf, as though it were a sword. And you will become so weak that you will stumble and fall over each other, even when no one is chasing you.

Psalms 109:10
make his children beg for food and live in the slums.

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.