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Jeremiah 4:11–12

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4:11“At that time the people of Judah and Jerusalem27 will be told,

‘A scorching wind will sweep down

from the hilltops in the desert on28 my dear people.29

It will not be a gentle breeze

for winnowing the grain and blowing away the chaff.30

4:12No,31 a wind too strong for that will come at my bidding.

Yes, even now I, myself, am calling down judgment on them.’32

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Footnotes

  1. 27 Heb “this people and Jerusalem.”
  2. 28 Heb “A scorching wind from the hilltops in the desert toward …” The allusion is, of course, to the destructive forces of the enemy armies of Babylon compared above in 4:7 to a destructive lion and here to the destructive desert winds of the Near Eastern sirocco.
  3. 29 Heb “daughter of my people.” The term “daughter of” is appositional to “my people” and is supplied in the translation as a term of sympathy and endearment. Compare the common expression “daughter of Zion.”
  4. 30 Heb “not for winnowing and not for cleansing.” The words “It will not be a gentle breeze” are not in the text but are implicit in the connection. They are supplied in the translation here for clarification.
  5. 31 The word “No” is not in the text but is carried over from the connection with the preceding line “not for …”
  6. 32 Heb “will speak judgments against them.”

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A hot wind from the bare heights in the desert toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow or cleanse, a wind too full for this comes for me. Now it is I who speak in judgment upon them.”

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

At that time this people and Jerusalem will be told, “A scorching wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward my people, but not to winnow or cleanse; a wind too strong for that comes from me. Now I pronounce my judgments against them.”

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“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; a wind too strong for this comes at my call. Now I will also pronounce judgments against them.’ ”

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

The time is coming when the Lord will say

to the people of Jerusalem,

“My dear people, a burning wind is blowing in from the desert,

and it’s not a gentle breeze useful for winnowing grain.

It is a roaring blast sent by me!

Now I will pronounce your destruction!”

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem,

“A hot wind from the barren heights in the desert,

in the direction of the daughter of my people,

not to winnow and not to cleanse,

a wind too strong for these will come for me,

now also I speak judgments against them.”

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem,

A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people,

Not to fan, nor to cleanse,

Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me:

Now also will I give sentence against them.

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