Bible Strands
Jeremiah 4:12
a wind too strong for that comes from Me. Now I also pronounce judgments against them.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Judah and Jerusalem at the moment an invading force approaches, declaring that the storm directed at them originates from His own authority.
The words — The text foregrounds ר֧וּחַ (Ruach), literally wind, and אֲדַבֵּ֥ר ('a.da.Ber), meaning I will speak, to bind the physical disaster to a divine declaration.
The thread — This explicit pronouncement of judgment against Jerusalem runs through Jeremiah 1:16 and Ezekiel 5:8, where God declares He will execute judgments for forsaking Him, and echoes Ezekiel 6:11, which commands lament over the resulting wickedness.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to accept that the approaching ruin is a direct execution of spoken divine judgment rather than a random historical event.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 1:16 I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me, and they have burned incense to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands.
- Ezekiel 5:8 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.
- Ezekiel 6:11 This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague.
- Ezekiel 7:8 Very soon I will pour out My wrath upon you and vent My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.