11 At that time it will be said
To this people and to Jerusalem,
(A)“A dry wind of the desolate heights blows in the wilderness
Toward the daughter of My people—
Not to fan or to cleanse—

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15 Though he is fruitful among his brethren,
(A)An east wind shall come;
The wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness.
Then his spring shall become dry,
And his fountain shall be dried up.
He shall plunder the treasury of every desirable prize.

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10 Behold, it is planted,
Will it thrive?
(A)Will it not utterly wither when the east wind touches it?
It will wither in the garden terrace where it grew.” ’ ”

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17 His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and (A)gather the wheat into His barn; but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire.”

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12 (A)His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will (B)burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

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Therefore they shall be like the morning cloud
And like the early dew that passes away,
(A)Like chaff blown off from a threshing floor
And like smoke from a chimney.

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12 But she was (A)plucked up in fury,
She was cast down to the ground,
And the (B)east wind dried her fruit.
Her strong branches were broken and withered;
The fire consumed them.

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The punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people
Is greater than the punishment of the (A)sin of Sodom,
Which was (B)overthrown in a moment,
With no hand to help her!

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Even the jackals present their breasts
To nurse their young;
But the daughter of my people is cruel,
(A)Like ostriches in the wilderness.

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48 (A)My eyes overflow with rivers of water
For the destruction of the daughter of my people.

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11 (A)My eyes fail with tears,
My [a]heart is troubled;
(B)My [b]bile is poured on the ground
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
Because (C)the children and the infants
Faint in the streets of the city.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:11 Lit. inward parts
  2. Lamentations 2:11 Lit. liver

The Utter Destruction of Babylon

51 Thus says the Lord:

“Behold, I will raise up against (A)Babylon,
Against those who dwell in [a]Leb Kamai,
(B)A destroying wind.
And I will send (C)winnowers to Babylon,
Who shall winnow her and empty her land.
(D)For in the day of doom
They shall be against her all around.

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  1. Jeremiah 51:1 Lit. The Midst of Those Who Rise Up Against Me; a code word for Chaldea, Babylonia

23 Behold, the (A)whirlwind of the Lord
Goes forth with fury,
A [a]continuing whirlwind;
It will fall violently on the head of the wicked.
24 The fierce anger of the Lord will not return until He has done it,
And until He has performed the intents of His heart.

(B)In the latter days you will consider it.

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  1. Jeremiah 30:23 Or sweeping

19 Behold, a (A)whirlwind of the Lord has gone forth in fury—
A violent whirlwind!
It will fall violently on the head of the wicked.

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17 “Therefore you shall say this word to them:

(A)‘Let my eyes flow with tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
(B)For the virgin daughter of my people
Has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe blow.

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Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts:

“Behold, (A)I will refine them and [a]try them;
(B)For how shall I deal with the daughter of My people?

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  1. Jeremiah 9:7 test

Disobedience Brings God’s Judgment

Oh, (A)that my head were waters,
And my eyes a fountain of tears,
That I might weep day and night
For the slain of the daughter of my people!

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19 Listen! The voice,
The cry of the daughter of my people
From (A)a far country:
Is not the Lord in Zion?
Is not her King in her?”

“Why have they provoked Me to anger
With their carved images—
With foreign idols?”

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But we are all like an unclean thing,
And all (A)our righteousnesses are like [a]filthy rags;
We all (B)fade as a leaf,
And our iniquities, like the wind,
Have taken us away.

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  1. Isaiah 64:6 Lit. a filthy garment

16 You shall (A)winnow them, the wind shall carry them away,
And the whirlwind shall scatter them;
You shall rejoice in the Lord,
And (B)glory in the Holy One of Israel.

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(A)In measure, by sending it away,
You contended with it.
(B)He removes it by His rough wind
In the day of the east wind.

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