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11 At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem,
    A hot wind from the barren heights[a] in the desert,[b]
in the direction of[c] the daughter of my people,
    not to winnow and not to cleanse,
12 a wind too strong for[d] these will come for me,
    now also I speak judgments against them.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:11 Literally “a wind of shimmering of barren heights”
  2. Jeremiah 4:11 Or “wilderness”
  3. Jeremiah 4:11 Literally “the way of”
  4. Jeremiah 4:12 Literally “a wind strong more than”

11 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.
12 It is a roaring blast sent by me!
    Now I will pronounce your destruction!”

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