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Meteorology » Whirlwind » Symbol of the sudden destruction of the wicked
This is what Jehovah of Hosts says: 'Disaster is spreading from nation to nation. A great storm is brewing from the distant corners of the earth.
The nations will rush like the raging of many waters. But God will rebuke them and they will flee far away. They will be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, like a rolling dust before the whirlwind.
Trouble and distress will surround you like a whirlwind, like a great storm.
The whirlwind passes and the wicked is no more. The righteous has an everlasting foundation.
No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
The storm of Jehovah vents his wrath. A whirling tempest will swirl down on the head of the wicked.
The storm of Jehovah will come with his anger. Like a driving wind, it will swirl down on the heads of the wicked.
Stubble » Figurative » Of wicked people
Jehovah of Hosts proclaims: The day is coming when all arrogant and evil people will burn like stubble. On that day they will burn up and there will be nothing left of them, either root or bough.
How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away?
You will go up in flames like straw and hay! You have rejected the law of the holy God Jehovah the All-Powerful Holy One of Israel. Now your roots will rot, and your blossoms will turn to dust.
Like the noise of chariots they leap on the tops of the mountains. It is like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble. They are a strong people set in battle array.
Who has stirred up one from the east, calling him in righteousness to his service? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.
Surely they are like stubble. The fire will burn them up. They cannot even save themselves from the power of the flame. Here are no coals to warm anyone and no fire to sit by.
No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
In the greatness of your excellence you overthrow those who rose up against you. You sent your wrath and consumed them like stubble.
Whirlwind » Symbol of the sudden destruction of the wicked
This is what Jehovah of Hosts says: 'Disaster is spreading from nation to nation. A great storm is brewing from the distant corners of the earth.
The nations will rush like the raging of many waters. But God will rebuke them and they will flee far away. They will be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, like a rolling dust before the whirlwind.
Trouble and distress will surround you like a whirlwind, like a great storm.
The whirlwind passes and the wicked is no more. The righteous has an everlasting foundation.
No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
The storm of Jehovah vents his wrath. A whirling tempest will swirl down on the head of the wicked.
The storm of Jehovah will come with his anger. Like a driving wind, it will swirl down on the heads of the wicked.
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Sudden destruction of the wicked
The nations will rush like the raging of many waters. But God will rebuke them and they will flee far away. They will be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, like a rolling dust before the whirlwind.
Trouble and distress will surround you like a whirlwind, like a great storm.
No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
The storm of Jehovah will come with his anger. Like a driving wind, it will swirl down on the heads of the wicked.
Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
You will winnow them. The wind will pick them up and a gale will blow them away. But you will rejoice in Jehovah and glory in the Holy One of Israel.
The wicked » Cut off
But You, O God, will bring them down to the corruption of the grave. Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.
Those blessed by him will inherit the land. But those cursed by him will be destroyed.
Respect for Jehovah prolongs life. The years of the wicked will be shortened.
Do not be wicked over much and do not be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
But transgressors will be altogether destroyed. The posterity of the wicked will be destroyed.