Jer 4:11, 18:17, Eze 19:12 | JFB | STEP | 11. dry wind-- the simoom, terrific and destructive, blowing from the southeast across the sandy deserts east of Palestine. Image of the invading Babylonian army ( ). Babylon in its turn shall be visited by a similar "destroying wind" ( ). 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.

‏ Jeremiah 4:11

11. dry wind--the simoom, terrific and destructive, blowing from the southeast across the sandy deserts east of Palestine. Image of the invading Babylonian army (Ho 13:15). Babylon in its turn shall be visited by a similar "destroying wind" (Jr 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.

‏ Jeremiah 18:17

17. as with an east wind--literally, "I will scatter them, as an east wind (scatters all before it)": a most violent wind (Job 27:21; Psa 48:7; Is 27:8). Thirty-two manuscripts read (without as), "with an east wind."

I will show them the back ... not ... face--just retribution: as "they turned their back unto Me ... not their face" (Jr 2:27).

‏ Ezekiel 19:12

12. plucked up--not gradually withered. The sudden upturning of the state was designed to awaken the Jews out of their torpor to see the hand of God in the national judgment.

east wind--(See on Eze 17:10).