Jeremiah 4:11

The Passion Translation

At that time it will be said to the people and to Jerusalem: “A blazing wind from the barren desert heights will blow upon my dear people, not a gentle wind to winnow or sift out—

Cross References

Ezekiel 17:10

Yes, it is planted—but will it thrive? Will it not shrivel up when the east wind blows? Will it not wither in the fertile soil where it had grown?”

Luke 3:17

He has in his hands a winnowing fork to clean up his threshing floor! He will separate the wheat from the chaff. The wheat he will gather into his barn, but he will burn the chaff in a fire that no one can ever put out!”

Matthew 3:12

He comes with a winnowing fork in his hands and comes to his threshing floor to sift what is worthless from what is pure. And he is ready to sweep out his threshing floor and gather his wheat into his granary, but the straw he will burn up with a fire that can’t be extinguished!”

Ezekiel 19:12

But disaster struck the vine. Angry, mighty hands pulled it up by its roots and threw it to the ground. The hot east wind dried it up, and her fruit shriveled and fell to the ground. Her strong stem was withered and was consumed by the fire.

Lamentations 4:6

The punishment of my beloved people exceeded the judgment of sinful Sodom, which was suddenly destroyed without an army attacking her.

Lamentations 4:3

Even the vicious jackal is kind enough to nurse her young, but the daughter of my people is as cruel as the desert ostrich.

Lamentations 3:48

My eyes stream with torrents of tears as I weep over the ruin of my beloved people.

Lamentations 2:11

My eyes have no tears left, and my stomach is tied in knots. My heart is spilled out into the dirt over the destruction of the daughter of my people. Little toddlers and children collapse in the streets of the city.

Jeremiah 23:19

Behold, Yahweh’s anger is like the fury of a fearsome whirlwind about to hit the wicked head-on with gale-force winds.

Jeremiah 14:17

“So, Jeremiah, speak your message of sorrow over them: “ ‘My eyes gush with tears day and night. I can’t stop weeping over all that my people have suffered. For my beloved people have suffered a great wound and are left grievously injured. They are as precious to me as a young daughter.

Jeremiah 9:7

Therefore, Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, says: “Listen! I will refine my dear people by fire and test them because of what they have done. I have no other choice.

Jeremiah 9:1

How I wish my head were a reservoir that could weep a fountain of tears. I would weep day and night for my beloved ones who have been slain!

Jeremiah 8:19

Listen! I hear my beloved people crying out in despair throughout the land: “Is Yahweh no longer in Zion? Is her King not dwelling within her?” “So why have they provoked me to anger with their carved images and with their foreign, phony gods?”

Isaiah 64:6

We have all become contaminated with sin, and you see our self-righteousness as nothing better than a menstrual rag. We are all like fallen leaves, and our sins sweep us away like the wind.

Isaiah 41:16

You will winnow them, and the stormy wind will blow them away! Then you will spin and dance with rejoicing in Yahweh, boasting with admiration in the Holy One of Israel!

Isaiah 27:8

No, but with measured justice he exiled them and contended with them. He removed them from the land with his severe blast on the day his searing east wind blew.

Isaiah 22:4

That is why I said, “Leave me alone to weep my bitter tears. Don’t even try to comfort me concerning my beloved people being destroyed.”

Lamentations 4:10

The hands of caring women cooked their own children; they became their food when my beloved people were destroyed.

Psalm 11:6

He will rain down upon them judgment for their sins. A scorching wind will be their lot in life.

Jeremiah 4:12

I am sending a wind much stronger than that. Now, I will bring charges against them.”

Jeremiah 13:24

“This is why I will scatter you like dust driven by the desert wind.