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Jeremiah 4:13

Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!

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ASV

Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are ruined.

KJV

Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הִנֵּ֣ה׀hi.Nehthere!H2009 →
כַּעֲנָנִ֣יםka.'a.na.Nimlike cloudsH6051 →
יַעֲלֶ֗הya.'a.Lehhe is going upH5927 →
וְכַסּוּפָה֙ve.kha.su.Fahand like the storm-windH5492 →
מַרְכְּבוֹתָ֔יוmar.ke.vo.Tavchariots hisH4818 →
קַלּ֥וּka.Luthey are swiftH7043 →
מִנְּשָׁרִ֖יםmi.ne.sha.Rimmore than eaglesH5404 →
סוּסָ֑יוsu.Savhorses hisH5483 →
א֥וֹי'owoe!H188 →
לָ֖נוּLa.nuto <the> us
כִּ֥יkiforH3588 →
שֻׁדָּֽדְנוּ׃shu.Da.de.nuwe are devastatedH7703 →

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Isaiah 19:1This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.Isaiah 66:15For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.2 Samuel 1:23Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.Lamentations 4:19Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.Habakkuk 1:8Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.Isaiah 5:28Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.Ezekiel 38:9You and all your troops, and many peoples with you will go up, advancing like a thunderstorm; you will be like a cloud covering the land.Jeremiah 9:19For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”Nahum 1:3The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.Deuteronomy 28:49The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,Isaiah 13:5They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.Nahum 2:4The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.Revelation 1:7Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.Jeremiah 4:31For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”Isaiah 30:16“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.Jeremiah 49:22Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.Daniel 11:40At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood.Nahum 2:3–4The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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