Thematic Bible
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Meteorology » Whirlwind » Symbol of the sudden destruction of the wicked
“This is what the Lord of Hosts says:
Pay attention! Disaster spreads
from nation to nation.
A great storm is stirred up
from the ends of the earth.”
Verse Concepts
from nation to nation.
A great storm is stirred up
from the ends of the earth.”
He rebukes them, and they flee far away,
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills
and like tumbleweeds before a gale.
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when trouble and stress overcome you.
the wicked are no more,
but the righteous are secure forever.
their stem hardly takes root in the ground
when He blows on them and they wither,
and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble.
Wrath has gone out,
a whirling storm.
It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.
Wrath has gone out,
a churning storm.
It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.
Stubble » Figurative » Of wicked people
like chaff
and as dry grass shrivels in the flame,
so their roots will become like something rotten
and their blossoms will blow away like dust,
for they have rejected
the instruction of the Lord of Hosts,
and they have despised
the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Their sound is like the sound of chariots,
like the sound of fiery flames consuming stubble,
like a mighty army deployed for war.
He calls righteousness to his feet.
The Lord hands nations over to him,
and he subdues kings.
He makes them like dust with his sword,
like wind-driven stubble with his bow.
like entangled thorns,
like the drink of a drunkard
and like straw that is fully dry.
fire burns them up.
They cannot deliver themselves
from the power
This is not a coal for warming themselves,
or a fire to sit beside!
their stem hardly takes root in the ground
when He blows on them and they wither,
and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble.
by Your great majesty.
You unleashed Your burning wrath;
it consumed them like stubble.
like straw before the wind.
Whirlwind » Symbol of the sudden destruction of the wicked
“This is what the Lord of Hosts says:
Pay attention! Disaster spreads
from nation to nation.
A great storm is stirred up
from the ends of the earth.”
Verse Concepts
from nation to nation.
A great storm is stirred up
from the ends of the earth.”
He rebukes them, and they flee far away,
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills
and like tumbleweeds before a gale.
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when trouble and stress overcome you.
the wicked are no more,
but the righteous are secure forever.
their stem hardly takes root in the ground
when He blows on them and they wither,
and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble.
Wrath has gone out,
a whirling storm.
It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.
Wrath has gone out,
a churning storm.
It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Sudden destruction of the wicked
He rebukes them, and they flee far away,
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills
and like tumbleweeds before a gale.
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when trouble and stress overcome you.
their stem hardly takes root in the ground
when He blows on them and they wither,
and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble.
Wrath has gone out,
a churning storm.
It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.
whether green or burning—
He will sweep them away.
and a wind will carry them away,
a gale will scatter them.
But you will rejoice in the Lord;
you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.
The wicked » Cut off
to the Pit of destruction;
men of bloodshed and treachery
will not live out half their days.
But I will trust in You.
but those cursed by Him will be destroyed.
and their foundations
Don’t be excessively wicked, and don’t be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
Verse Concepts
their stem hardly takes root in the ground
when He blows on them and they wither,
and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble.