Reference: Fan, Fanner
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The fan was a small shovel, by which a portion of wheat was thrown up into the air, that the wind might carry away the chaff. Isa 30:24; Jer 4:11. It is also used symbolically for the judgements of God, Isa 41:16; Jer 15:7; 51:2; and for the discriminating power of the testimony of the Lord Jesus. Mt 3:12; Lu 3:17.
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The oxen and donkeys used in plowing will eat seasoned feed winnowed with a shovel and pitchfork.
You will winnow them and the wind will blow them away; the wind will scatter them. You will rejoice in the Lord; you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.
"At that time the people of Judah and Jerusalem will be told, 'A scorching wind will sweep down from the hilltops in the desert on my dear people. It will not be a gentle breeze for winnowing the grain and blowing away the chaff.
The Lord continued, "In every town in the land I will purge them like straw blown away by the wind. I will destroy my people. I will kill off their children. I will do so because they did not change their behavior.
I will send people to winnow Babylonia like a wind blowing away chaff. They will winnow her and strip her land bare. This will happen when they come against her from every direction, when it is time to destroy her.
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire."
His winnowing fork is in his hand to clean out his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire."