Then the vision I had seen went up from me.
13:13 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: In my rage I will make a violent wind break out. In my anger there will be a deluge of rain and hailstones in destructive fury.
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?’”
19:12 But it was plucked up in anger; it was thrown down to the ground.
The east wind 7 dried up its fruit;
its strong branches broke off and withered –
a fire consumed them.
1 tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.
2 tn Heb “to Chaldea.”
3 tn Heb “and you, O hailstones.”
4 sn A violent wind will break out. God’s judgments are frequently described in storm imagery (Pss 18:7-15; 77:17-18; 83:15; Isa 28:17; 30:30; Jer 23:19; 30:23).
5 tc Some manuscripts and versions read “choice men,” while most manuscripts read “fugitives”; the difference arises from the reversal, or metathesis, of two letters, מִבְרָחָיו (mivrakhyv) for מִבְחָריו (mivkharyv).
6 tn Heb “fall.”
7 sn The east wind symbolizes the Babylonians.