Hosea 4:19

4:19 A whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings;

they will be brought to shame because of their idolatrous worship. ¹ 

Psalms 1:4

1:4 Not so with the wicked!

Instead ²  they are like wind-driven chaff. ³ 

Isaiah 17:13

17:13 Though these people make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves, ⁴ 

when he shouts at ⁵  them, they will flee to a distant land,

driven before the wind like dead weeds on the hills,

or like dead thistles ⁶  before a strong gale.

Isaiah 41:16

41:16 You will winnow them and the wind will blow them away;

the wind will scatter them.

You will rejoice in the Lord;

you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 4:11

4:11 “At that time the people of Judah and Jerusalem ⁷  will be told,

‘A scorching wind will sweep down

from the hilltops in the desert on ⁸  my dear people. ⁹ 

It will not be a gentle breeze

for winnowing the grain and blowing away the chaff. ¹⁰ 

Ezekiel 17:10

17:10 Consider! It is planted, but will it prosper?

Will it not wither completely when the east wind blows on it?

Will it not wither in the soil where it sprouted?’”

Ezekiel 19:12

19:12 But it was plucked up in anger; it was thrown down to the ground.

The east wind ¹¹  dried up its fruit;

its strong branches broke off and withered –

a fire consumed them.

[4:19]  ¹ tn Heb “their altars” (so NAB, NRSV) or “their sacrifices” (so KJV, NASB, NIV). Here זִבְחוֹתָם (zivkhotam, “altars; sacrifices”) is a metonymy of association for Israel’s apostate idolatrous Baal worship.

[1:4]  ² tn Here the Hebrew expression כִּי־אִם (ki-’im, “instead,” cf. v. 2) introduces a contrast between the prosperity of the godly depicted in v. 3 and the destiny of the wicked described in v. 4.

[1:4]  ³ tn Heb “[they are] like the chaff which [the] wind blows about.” The Hebrew imperfect verbal form draws attention to the typical nature of the action described.

[17:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “the peoples are in an uproar like the uproar of mighty waters.”

[17:13]  ⁵ tn Or “rebukes.” The verb and related noun are used in theophanies of God’s battle cry which terrifies his enemies. See, for example, Pss 18:15; 76:7; 106:9; Isa 50:2; Nah 1:4, and A. Caquot, TDOT 3:49-53.

[17:13]  ⁶ tn Or perhaps “tumbleweed” (NAB, NIV, CEV); KJV “like a rolling thing.”

[4:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “this people and Jerusalem.”

[4:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “A scorching wind from the hilltops in the desert toward…”

[4:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “daughter of my people.” The term “daughter of” is appositional to “my people” and is supplied in the translation as a term of sympathy and endearment. Compare the common expression “daughter of Zion.”

[4:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “not for winnowing and not for cleansing.” The words “It will not be a gentle breeze” are not in the text but are implicit in the connection. They are supplied in the translation here for clarification.

[19:12]  ¹¹ sn The east wind symbolizes the Babylonians.