Jeremiah 4 · Verse 12

Jeremiah 4:12

Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.
Jeremiah 4:12, King James Version

Jeremiah 4:12 in other translations

BSBa wind too strong for that comes from Me. Now I also pronounce judgments against them.”
WEBA full wind from these will come for me. Now I will also utter judgments against them.”
ASVa full wind from these shall come for me: now will I also utter judgments against them.
YLTA full wind from these doth come for Me, Now, also, I speak judgments with them.
DARBYA wind more vehement than that shall come from me: now will I also pronounce judgments against them.
BBEA full wind will come for me: and now I will give my decision against them.
WebsterEven a full wind from those places shall come to me: now also will I give sentence against them.

What does Jeremiah 4:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. full ... from those places--rather, "a wind fuller (that is, more impetuous) than those winds" (which fan the corn) (Jr 4:11) [Rosenmuller]. unto me--"for Me," as My instrument for executing My purpose. sentence--judgments against them (Jr 1:16).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 4:5-18

The fierce conqueror of the neighbouring nations was to make Judah desolate. The prophet was afflicted to see the people lulled into security by false prophets. The approach of the enemy is described. Some attention was paid in Jerusalem to outward reformation; but it was necessary that their hearts should be washed, in the exercise of true repentance and faith, from the love and pollution of sin. When lesser…

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Jeremiah 4:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ר֧וּחַRu.acha windH7307
מָלֵ֛אma.Le'[too] fullH4392
מֵאֵ֖לֶּהme.'E.lehfor these [things]H428
יָ֣בוֹאYa.Vo'it will comeH935
לִ֑יLifor <the> me
עַתָּ֕ה'a.TahnowH6258
גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
אֲנִ֛י'a.NiIH589
אֲדַבֵּ֥ר'a.da.BerI will speakH1696
מִשְׁפָּטִ֖יםmish.pa.TimjudgmentsH4941
אוֹתָֽם\׃'o.Tamwith themH854

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 4:12

  • Jeremiah 1:16

    And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

  • Ezekiel 5:8

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.

  • Ezekiel 6:11-13

    Thus saith the Lord God; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them. Then shall ye know that I am the Lord, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.

  • Ezekiel 7:8-9

    Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations. And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a full wind from those. or, a fuller wind than those. givesentence. Heb. utter judgments.
1:16; Eze 5:8; 6:11-13; 7:8,9

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Context

  • Jeremiah 4:11

    At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,

  • Jeremiah 4:12

    Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.

  • Jeremiah 4:13

    Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.

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Jeremiah 4:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Viento más vehemente que estos vendrá á mí: y ahora yo hablaré juicios con ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Un vent plus véhément que celui-là viendra de par moi; maintenant, moi aussi je prononcerai mes jugements sur eux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		ein Wind zu voll dazu wird mir kommen. Nun will auch ich Gerichte über sie aussprechen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Spiritus plenus ex his veniet mihi, et nunc ego loquar judicia mea cum eis.