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On Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
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The Four Winds of Judgment
Commentators explain that the "four winds" is a powerful metaphor. It depicts God summoning enemies from every direction to bring about a judgment as sudden and overwhelming as a cyclone. This imagery, like chaff scattered from a threshing floor, emphasizes the completeness and terror of Elam's coming dispersion.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In a whirlwind violent gales seem to blow from every quarter, and whatever is exposed to their fury they scatter over the whole country. With simil…
19th Century
Anglican
Upon Elam will I bring the four winds ... —The words reproduce those of Jeremiah 49:32 as to the extent of the dispersion…
16th Century
Protestant
He now adds that four winds would come, which would dissipate the whole people. God himself speaks, so that the word might be more powerfu…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the fourquarters of heaven
The Targu…
The Elamites were the Persians. They acted against God's Israel and must be reckoned with. Evil pursues sinners. God will make them know that He re…
