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The Coming Disaster

11-12 When disaster comes, the Lord will tell you people of Jerusalem,

“I am sending a windstorm
from the desert—
    not a welcome breeze.[a]
And it will sweep you away
    as punishment for your sins.
13 Look! The enemy army
    swoops down like an eagle;
their cavalry and chariots
race faster than storm clouds
    blown by the wind.”

Then you will answer,
    “We are doomed!”

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Footnotes

  1. 4.11,12 a welcome breeze: Hebrew “a wind to blow away the husks.” Farmers used a special shovel to pitch grain and husks into the air. Wind would blow away the light husks, and the grain would fall back to the ground, where it could be gathered up.

11 At that time this people and Jerusalem will be told, “A scorching wind(A) from the barren heights in the desert blows toward my people, but not to winnow or cleanse; 12 a wind(B) too strong for that comes from me. Now I pronounce my judgments(C) against them.”

13 Look! He advances like the clouds,(D)
    his chariots(E) come like a whirlwind,(F)
his horses(G) are swifter than eagles.(H)
    Woe to us! We are ruined!(I)

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