Jeremiah 4:12

New Life Version

A wind too strong for this will come at My word. Now I will bring punishment against them."

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 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 Make it known in Judah and Jerusalem, and say, "Sound the horns in the land." Cry out and say, "Gather together, and let us go into the strong cities made ready for battle." ⁶ Lift up a flag toward Zion! Run to a safe place, do not stand still. For I am bringing much trouble from the north that will destroy much. ⁷ A lion has gone up from his secret place. A destroyer of nations has begun to move. He has gone out from his place to make your land a waste. Your cities will be destroyed and no people will live in them. ⁸ Cover yourselves with cloth made from hair because of this. Cry out in sorrow. For the burning anger of the Lord has not turned away from us. ⁹ "In that day," says the Lord, "the heart of the king and the hearts of the rulers will become weak. The religious leaders will be filled with fear. And the men of God will be troubled and filled with wonder." ¹⁰ Then I said, "O Lord God, for sure You have fooled these people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You will have peace,' when in truth a sword brings danger to their lives." ¹¹ At that time it will be said to these people and Jerusalem, "A hot wind from the open hill-tops in the desert will come toward My people, but not to blow away what is of no worth, and not to make clean. ¹² A wind too strong for this will come at My word. Now I will bring punishment against them." ¹³ See, he comes up like clouds. His war-wagons come like the strong-wind. His horses are faster than eagles. It is bad for us, for we are destroyed! ¹⁴ Wash your heart from sin, O Jerusalem, that you may be saved. How long will your sinful thoughts stay within you?

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
The day came when Cain brought a gift of the fruit of the ground to the Lord.

Genesis 4:4
But Abel brought a gift of the first-born of his flocks and of the fat parts. The Lord showed favor to Abel and his gift.

Genesis 4:14
See, this day You have made me go away from the land. And I will be hidden from Your face. I will run away and move from place to place. And whoever finds me will kill me."

Genesis 4:17
Cain lay with his wife and she was going to have a child and she gave birth to Enoch. Cain built a city and gave it the name of Enoch, the name of his son.

Genesis 4:18
Now Irad was born to Enoch. And Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. And Methushael became the father of Lamech.

Genesis 4:23
And Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, listen to my voice. Hear what I say, you wives of Lamech. For I have killed a man for hurting me, and a boy for hitting me.

Genesis 4:24
If those who hurt Cain are punished seven times worse, then those who hurt Lamech will be punished seventy-seven times worse."

Leviticus 26:20
You will use your strength for nothing. For your land will not give food, and the trees of the land will not give fruit.

Leviticus 26:36
Of those of you who are left in the lands of those who hate you, I will make their hearts weak. The sound of a leaf blown by the wind will make them run away even when no one is going after them. They will run away as if it were a sword, and they will fall.

Psalms 109:10
May his children go around begging. And may they look for food far from their destroyed homes.

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.