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Jeremiah 23:19–20

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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.

23:20The anger of the Lord will not turn back

until he has fully carried out his intended purposes.64

In days to come65

you people will come to understand this clearly.66

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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.”
  4. 64 Heb “until he has done and until he has carried out the purposes of his heart.”
  5. 65 Heb “in the latter days.” However, as 31 אַחֲרִית b suggests, the meaning of this idiom must be determined from the context. Sometimes it has remote, even eschatological, reference and other times it has more immediate reference as it does here and in Jer 30:23 where it refers to the coming days of Babylonian conquest and exile.
  6. 66 The translation is intended to reflect a Hebrew construction where a noun functions as the object of a verb from the same root word (the Hebrew cognate accusative).

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.

The anger of the Lord will not turn back

until he has executed and accomplished

the intents of his heart.

In the latter days you will understand it clearly.

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.

The anger of the Lord will not turn back

until he fully accomplishes

the purposes of his heart.

In days to come

you will understand it clearly.

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.

The Lord’s anger will not turn away

until he has completely fulfilled the purposes of his heart.

In time to come you will understand it clearly.

NLTNew Living Translation

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

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

The anger of the Lord will not diminish

until it has finished all he has planned.

In the days to come

you will understand all this very clearly.

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.

The anger of Yahweh will not turn back

until his doing and until his keeping the plans of his mind.

In latter days you will look closely at it with understanding.

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. The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.