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When calamity overtakes you like a storm, When your disaster comes on like a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come on you.
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Sudden and Total Judgment
Commentators explain that the imagery of a "storm" and "whirlwind" is chosen deliberately. It conveys that the judgment for rejecting Wisdom is not only completely destructive, leaving nothing behind, but also terrifyingly sudden. It will arrive unexpectedly upon those who are unprepared.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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