Jeremiah 4:12

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.

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.

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 Blow the trumpet throughout the land! Shout loud and clear! Tell the people of Judah and Jerusalem to run to the fortified cities. ⁶ Point the way to Zion! Run for safety! Don't delay! The Lord is bringing disaster and great destruction from the north. ⁷ Like a lion coming from its hiding place, a destroyer of nations has set out. He is coming to destroy Judah. The cities of Judah will be left in ruins, and no one will live in them. ⁸ So put on sackcloth, and weep and wail because the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from Judah. ⁹ The Lord said, "On that day kings and officials will lose their courage; priests will be shocked and prophets will be astonished." ¹⁰ Then I said, "Sovereign Lord , you have completely deceived the people of Jerusalem! You have said there would be peace, but a sword is at their throats." ¹¹ The time is coming when the people of Jerusalem will be told that a scorching wind is blowing in from the desert toward them. It will not be a gentle wind that only blows away the chaff— ¹² 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. ¹³ Look, the enemy is coming like clouds. Their war chariots are like a whirlwind, and their horses are faster than eagles. We are lost! We are doomed! ¹⁴ Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart, so that you may be saved. How long will you go on thinking sinful thoughts?

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
After some time Cain brought some of his harvest and gave it as an offering to the Lord .

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

Genesis 4:14
You are driving me off the land and away from your presence. I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth, and anyone who finds me will kill me."

Genesis 4:17
Cain and his wife had a son and named him Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son.

Genesis 4:18
Enoch had a son named Irad, who was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael had a son named Methushael, who was the father of Lamech.

Genesis 4:23
Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, listen to me: I have killed a young man because he struck me.

Genesis 4:24
If seven lives are taken to pay for killing Cain, Seventy-seven will be taken if anyone kills me."

Leviticus 26:20
All your hard work will do you no good, because your land will not produce crops and the trees will not bear fruit.

Leviticus 26:36
"I will make those of you who are in exile so terrified that the sound of a leaf blowing in the wind will make you run. You will run as if you were being pursued in battle, and you will fall when there is no enemy near you.

Psalms 109:10
May his children be homeless beggars; may they be driven from the ruins they live in!

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.