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11 At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem: A hot wind comes from me out of the bare heights[a] in the desert toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow or cleanse,(A)

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  1. 4.11 Or the trails

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;

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15 Although he may flourish among rushes,[a]
    the east wind shall come, a blast from the Lord,
    rising from the wilderness,
and his fountain shall dry up;
    his spring shall be parched.
It shall strip his treasury
    of every precious thing.(A)

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  1. 13.15 Or among brothers

15     even though he thrives(A) among his brothers.
An east wind(B) from the Lord will come,
    blowing in from the desert;
his spring will fail
    and his well dry up.(C)
His storehouse will be plundered(D)
    of all its treasures.

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10 Look, it has been transplanted. Will it thrive?
When the east wind strikes it,
    will it not utterly wither,
    wither on the bed where it grew?(A)

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10 It has been planted,(A) but will it thrive? Will it not wither completely when the east wind strikes it—wither away in the plot where it grew?(B)’”

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17 His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his granary, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”(A)

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17 His winnowing fork(A) is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”(B)

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12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the granary, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”(A)

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12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”(A)

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Therefore they shall be like the morning mist
    or like the dew that goes away early,
like chaff that swirls from the threshing floor
    or like smoke from a window.(A)

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Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears,(A)
    like chaff(B) swirling from a threshing floor,(C)
    like smoke(D) escaping through a window.

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12 But it was plucked up in fury,
    cast down to the ground;
the east wind dried it up;
    its fruit was stripped off;
its strong stem was withered;
    the fire consumed it.(A)

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12 But it was uprooted(A) in fury
    and thrown to the ground.
The east wind(B) made it shrivel,
    it was stripped of its fruit;
its strong branches withered
    and fire consumed them.(C)

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For the chastisement of my people has been greater
    than the punishment of Sodom,
which was overthrown in a moment,
    though no hand was laid on it.[a](A)

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  1. 4.6 Meaning of Heb uncertain

The punishment of my people
    is greater than that of Sodom,(A)
which was overthrown in a moment
    without a hand turned to help her.

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Even the jackals offer the breast
    and nurse their young,
but my people has become cruel,
    like the ostriches in the wilderness.(A)

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Even jackals offer their breasts
    to nurse their young,
but my people have become heartless
    like ostriches in the desert.(A)

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48 My eyes flow with rivers of tears
    because of the destruction of my people.[a]

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  1. 3.48 Heb the daughter of my people

48 Streams of tears(A) flow from my eyes(B)
    because my people are destroyed.(C)

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11 My eyes are spent with weeping;
    my stomach churns;
my bile is poured out on the ground
    because of the destruction of my people,[a]
because infants and babes faint
    in the streets of the city.(A)

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  1. 2.11 Heb the daughter of my people

11 My eyes fail from weeping,(A)
    I am in torment within(B);
my heart(C) is poured out(D) on the ground
    because my people are destroyed,(E)
because children and infants faint(F)
    in the streets of the city.

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51 Thus says the Lord:
I am going to stir up a destructive wind[a]
    against Babylon
    and against the inhabitants of Leb-qamai,[b](A)
and I will send winnowers to Babylon,
    and they shall winnow her.
They shall empty her land
    when they come against her from every side
    on the day of trouble.(B)

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  1. 51.1 Or stir up the spirit of a destroyer
  2. 51.1 That is, Chaldea

51 This is what the Lord says:

“See, I will stir(A) up the spirit of a destroyer
    against Babylon(B) and the people of Leb Kamai.[a]
I will send foreigners(C) to Babylon
    to winnow(D) her and to devastate her land;
they will oppose her on every side
    in the day(E) of her disaster.

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  1. Jeremiah 51:1 Leb Kamai is a cryptogram for Chaldea, that is, Babylonia.

23 Look, the storm of the Lord!
    Wrath has gone forth,
a whirling[a] tempest;
    it will burst upon the head of the wicked.(A)
24 The fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back
    until he has executed and accomplished
    the intents of his mind.
In the latter days you will understand this.(B)

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  1. 30.23 Meaning of Heb uncertain

23 See, the storm(A) of the Lord
    will burst out in wrath,
a driving wind swirling down
    on the heads of the wicked.
24 The fierce anger(B) of the Lord will not turn back(C)
    until he fully accomplishes
    the purposes of his heart.
In days to come
    you will understand(D) this.

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