Jeremiah 4:12-14

Contemporary English Version

The Coming Disaster

^11-12When disaster comes, the Lord will tell you people of Jerusalem,

“I am sending a windstorm
from the desert—
    not a welcome breeze.^[a]
And it will sweep you away
    as punishment for your sins.
¹³Look! The enemy army
    swoops down like an eagle;
their cavalry and chariots
race faster than storm clouds
    blown by the wind.”

Then you will answer,
“We are doomed!”

¹⁴But Jerusalem, there is still time
for you to be saved.
Wash the evil from your hearts
and stop making sinful plans,

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Footnotes

4.11,12 a welcome breeze: Hebrew “a wind to blow away the husks.” Farmers used a special shovel to pitch grain and husks into the air. Wind would blow away the light husks, and the grain would fall back to the ground, where it could be gathered up.