when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when trouble and stress overcome you.
Jeremiah 23:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Look, a storm from the Lord! Wrath has gone out, a whirling storm. It will whirl about the heads of the wicked. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, the tempest of the Lord has gone forth in wrath, a whirling tempest; it shall whirl and burst upon the heads of the wicked. American Standard Version (1901) Behold, the tempest of Jehovah, even his wrath, is gone forth, yea, a whirling tempest: it shall burst upon the head of the wicked. Common English Bible Look! The LORD’s angry storm breaks out; it whirls around the heads of the wicked. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord's indignation will go forth, and a tempest will break out; it will overwhelm the head of the impious. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord's indignation shall come forth: and a tempest shall break out and come upon the head of the wicked. |
when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when trouble and stress overcome you.
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure for ever.
A pronouncement concerning the desert by the sea: Like storms that pass over the Negev, it comes from the desert, from the land of terror.
They are barely planted, barely sown, their stem hardly takes root in the ground when he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble.
The tumult reaches to the ends of the earth because the Lord brings a case against the nations. He enters into judgement with all humanity. As for the wicked, he hands them over to the sword – this is the Lord’s declaration.
‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: Pay attention! Disaster spreads from nation to nation. A huge storm is stirred up from the ends of the earth.’
Look, a storm from the Lord! Wrath has gone out, a churning storm. It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.
The Lord’s burning anger will not turn back until he has completely fulfilled the purposes of his heart. In time to come you will understand it.
‘At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A searing wind blows from the barren heights in the wilderness on the way to my dear people. It comes not to winnow or to sift;
This is what the Lord says: I am about to rouse the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon and against the population of Leb-qamai. ,
I looked, and there was a whirlwind coming from the north, a huge cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the centre of the fire, there was a gleam like amber.
‘ “So this is what the Lord God says: I will release a whirlwind in my wrath. Torrential rain will come in my anger, and hailstones will fall in destructive fury.
Therefore, I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah, and it will consume its citadels. There will be shouting on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of the storm.
I scattered them with a windstorm over all the nations that had not known them, and the land was left desolate behind them, with no one coming or going. They turned a pleasant land into a desolation.’
Then the Lord will appear over them, and his arrow will fly like lightning. The Lord God will sound the ram’s horn and advance with the southern storms.