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Jeremiah 23:19

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23:19But just watch!61 The wrath of the Lord

will come like a storm!62

Like a raging storm it will rage down63

on the heads of those who are wicked.

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Footnotes

  1. 61 Heb “Behold!”
  2. 62 The syntax of this line has generally been misunderstood, sometimes to the point that some want to delete the word wrath. Both here and in 30:23 where these same words occur the word “anger” stands not as an accusative of attendant circumstance but an apposition, giving the intended referent to the figure. Comparison should be made with Jer 25:15 where “this wrath” is appositional to “the cup of wine” (cf. §131.k).
  3. 63 The translation is deliberate, intending to reflect the repetition of the Hebrew root which is “swirl/swirling.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Behold, the storm of the Lord!

Wrath has gone forth,

a whirling tempest;

it will burst upon the head of the wicked.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

See, the storm of the Lord

will burst out in wrath,

a whirlwind swirling down

on the heads of the wicked.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Look, a storm from the Lord!

Wrath has gone out,

a whirling storm.

It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.

NLTNew Living Translation

Look! The Lord’s anger bursts out like a storm,

a whirlwind that swirls down on the heads of the wicked.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Look, the storm of Yahweh has gone forth in wrath,

even a whirling tempest.

It will whirl upon the head of the wicked.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.