Jeremiah 4:11 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 4:11

At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward the daughter of My people, but not to winnow or to sift;

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ASV

At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;

KJV

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,

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

At that time - See Jer 4:7. Though the revelation of the certainty of Judah’s ruin wrings from Jeremiah a cry of despair, yet it is but for a moment; he immediately returns to the delivery of God’s message. A dry wind - literally, A clear wind. The Samum is probably meant, a dry parching east wind blowing from the Arabian desert, before which vegetation withers, and human life becomes intolerable. Not to fan ... - The Syrian farmers make great use of the wind for separating the chaff from the grain: but when the Samum blows labor becomes impossible.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Image of the invading Babylonian army (Ho 13:15). Babylon in its turn shall be visited by a similar "destroying wind" (Jer 51:1). of . . . high places--that is, that sweeps over the high places. daughter--that is, the children of my people. not to fan--a very different wind from those ordinary winds employed for fanning the grain in the open air.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בָּעֵ֣ת	ba.'Et	at the time	H6256 →
הַהִ֗יא	ha.Hi'	<the> that	H1931 →
יֵאָמֵ֤ר	ye.'a.Mer	it will be said	H559 →
לָֽעָם־	la.'om-	to the people	H5971 →
הַזֶּה֙	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →
וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם	ve.li.Ru.sha.Lim	and to Jerusalem	H3389 →
ר֣וּחַ	Ru.ach	a wind	H7307 →
צַ֤ח	tzach	scorching	H6703 →
שְׁפָיִים֙	she.fa.Yim	bare heights	H8205 →
בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר	ba.mid.Bar	in the wilderness	H4057 →
דֶּ֖רֶךְ	De.rekh	[will be] [the] direction of	H1870 →
בַּת־	bat-	[the] daughter of	H1323 →
עַמִּ֑י	'a.Mi	people my	H5971 →
ל֥וֹא	Lo'	not	H3808 →
לִזְר֖וֹת	liz.Rot	to winnow	H2219 →
וְל֥וֹא	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
לְהָבַֽר׃	le.ha.Var	to cleanse	H1305 →

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Where the connections lead

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Jeremiah 14:17
You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow,…
leads to
- Jeremiah 8:21
  For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.
- Lamentations 2:13
  What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your…
- Jeremiah 9:1
  Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
- Jeremiah 13:17
  But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
- Lamentations 1:15–16
  The Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin…
Through
Ezekiel 17:10
Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”
leads to
- Hosea 13:15
  Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder…
Through
Hosea 13:15
Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder…
leads to
- Ezekiel 19:12
  But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.
- Ezekiel 17:10
  Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”

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