Thematic Bible: Phenomena of, alluded to
Thematic Bible
Deserts » Phenomena of, alluded to » Clouds of sand and dust
The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust; from heaven it will come down on you until you are destroyed.
Verse Concepts
A wind too strong and full for winnowing comes at My word. Now I will also speak in judgment against [My people]. Behold, [the enemy] comes up like clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined (destroyed)!
Deserts » Phenomena of, alluded to » Simoom or deadly wind
Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land. And I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.”’”
Verse Concepts
In that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A scorching wind from the barren heights in the wilderness [comes at My command] against the daughter of My people—not [a wind] to winnow and not to cleanse [from chaff, as when threshing, but]
Verse Concepts
Deserts » Phenomena of, alluded to » Mirage or deceptive appearance of water
Why has my pain been perpetual
And my wound incurable, refusing to be healed?
Will you indeed be to me like a deceptive brook
With water that is unreliable?
Deserts » Phenomena of, alluded to » Tornadoes or whirlwinds
The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning the Desert of the Sea (the seasonally flooded plains just south of Babylon):
As windstorms in the Negev (the South) sweep through,
So it (God’s judgment) comes from the desert, from [the hostile armies of] a terrifying land.
Verse Concepts
So it (God’s judgment) comes from the desert, from [the hostile armies of] a terrifying land.