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Jeremiah 25:32
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD of Hosts addresses the nations and all mankind during a prophetic pronouncement of impending judgment.
The words — The text foregrounds רָעָה (ra'ah) as "calamity" and יֹצֵאת (yotzet) as "[is] about to go forth," marking the disaster as an imminent, active movement.
The thread — This declaration of spreading disaster connects to the LORD’s charge against the nations in Jeremiah 25:31, the fury of the storm in Jeremiah 23:19, and the mutual crushing of peoples in 2 Chronicles 15:6.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to acknowledge that divine judgment operates as a comprehensive, unstoppable force rather than a contained or optional event.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 34:2 The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.
- Jeremiah 23:19 Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
- 2 Chronicles 15:6 Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.
- Isaiah 30:30 And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
- Jeremiah 30:23 Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
- Isaiah 5:28 Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.
- Isaiah 66:18 “And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
- Zephaniah 3:8 Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.
- Luke 21:10 Then He told them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
- Luke 21:25 There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.