Jeremiah 4:11

New English Translation

“At that time the people of Judah and Jerusalem will be told, ‘A scorching wind will sweep down from the hilltops in the desert on my dear people. It will not be a gentle breeze for winnowing the grain and blowing away the chaff.

Cross References

Psalm 11:6

May the Lord rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!

Isaiah 22:4

So I say: “Don’t look at me! I am weeping bitterly. Don’t try to console me concerning the destruction of my defenseless people.”

Isaiah 27:8

When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her; he drives her away with his strong wind in the day of the east wind.

Isaiah 41:16

You will winnow them and the wind will blow them away; the wind will scatter them. You will rejoice in the Lord; you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 64:6

We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind.

Jeremiah 13:24

“The Lord says, ‘That is why I will scatter your people like chaff that is blown away by a desert wind.

Jeremiah 14:17

“Tell these people this, Jeremiah: ‘My eyes overflow with tears day and night without ceasing. For my people, my dear children, have suffered a crushing blow. They have suffered a serious wound.

Jeremiah 23:19

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.

Jeremiah 4:12

No, a wind too strong for that will come at my bidding. Yes, even now I, myself, am calling down judgment on them.’

Jeremiah 8:19

I hear my dear people crying out throughout the length and breadth of the land. They are crying, ‘Is the Lord no longer in Zion? Is her divine King no longer there?’” The Lord answers, “Why then do they provoke me to anger with their images, with their worthless foreign idols?”

Jeremiah 9:1

(8:23) I wish that my head were a well full of water and my eyes were a fountain full of tears! If they were, I could cry day and night for those of my dear people who have been killed.

Jeremiah 9:7

Therefore the Lord who rules over all says, “I will now purify them in the fires of affliction and test them. The wickedness of my dear people has left me no choice. What else can I do?

Lamentations 2:11

My eyes are worn out from weeping; my stomach is in knots. My heart is poured out on the ground due to the destruction of my helpless people; children and infants faint in the town squares. ל (Lamed)

Lamentations 3:48

Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed. ע (Ayin)

Lamentations 4:10

The hands of tenderhearted women cooked their own children, who became their food, when my people were destroyed. כ (Kaf)

Lamentations 4:3

Even the jackals nurse their young at their breast, but my people are cruel, like ostriches in the desert. ד (Dalet)

Lamentations 4:6

The punishment of my people exceeded that of of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment with no one to help her. ז (Zayin)

Ezekiel 17:10

Consider! It is planted, but will it prosper? Will it not wither completely when the east wind blows on it? Will it not wither in the soil where it sprouted?’”

Ezekiel 19:12

But it was plucked up in anger; it was thrown down to the ground. The east wind dried up its fruit; its strong branches broke off and withered – a fire consumed them.

Hosea 13:15

Even though he flourishes like a reed plant, a scorching east wind will come, a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert. As a result, his spring will dry up; his well will become dry. That wind will spoil all his delightful foods in the containers in his storehouse.

Hosea 13:3

Therefore they will disappear like the morning mist, like early morning dew that evaporates, like chaff that is blown away from a threshing floor, like smoke that disappears through an open window.

Hosea 4:19

A whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings; they will be brought to shame because of their idolatrous worship.

Habakkuk 1:11

They sweep by like the wind and pass on. But the one who considers himself a god will be held guilty.”

Habakkuk 1:6

Look, I am about to empower the Babylonians, that ruthless and greedy nation. They sweep across the surface of the earth, seizing dwelling places that do not belong to them.

Matthew 3:12

His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire.”

Luke 3:17

His winnowing fork is in his hand to clean out his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire.”