At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A burning wind from the open hilltops in the waste land is blowing on the daughter of my people, not for separating or cleaning the grain;
A full wind will come for me: and now I will give my decision against them.
See, he will come up like the clouds, and his war-carriages like the storm-wind: his horses are quicker than eagles. Sorrow is ours, for destruction has come on us.
The Lord has said: See, I will make a wind of destruction come up against Babylon and against those who are living in Chaldaea;
At the sound of his voice there is a massing of the waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain and sends out the wind from his store-houses.
And the prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them; so it will be done to them.
When a great wind came rushing from the waste land against the four sides of the house, and it came down on the young men, and they are dead; and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.
Will you be hard on a leaf in flight before the wind? will you make a dry stem go more quickly on its way?
Will a wise man make answer with knowledge of no value, or will he give birth to the east wind?
He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.
May words which are like the wind be stopped? or what is troubling you to make answer to them?
I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.
How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?
By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.
Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.
The east wind takes him up and he is gone; he is forced violently out of his place.
When he made a weight for the wind, measuring out the waters;
Fears have come on me; my hope is gone like the wind, and my well-being like a cloud.
Lifting me up, you make me go on the wings of the wind; I am broken up by the storm.
You, whose clothing is warm, when the earth is quiet because of the south wind,
And now the light is not seen, for it is dark because of the clouds; but a wind comes, clearing them away.
Out of its place comes the storm-wind, and the cold out of its store-houses.
And the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
Which is the way to the place where the wind is measured out, and the east wind sent out over the earth?
Then the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.
My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.
O, keep in mind that my life is wind: my eye will never again see good.
How long will you say these things, and how long will the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
The wind goes where its pleasure takes it, and the sound of it comes to your ears, but you are unable to say where it comes from and where it goes: so it is with everyone whose birth is from the Spirit.
The sea was getting rough because of a strong wind which was blowing.
And the Lord sent out a great wind on to the sea and there was a violent storm in the sea, so that the ship seemed in danger of being broken.
Then when the sun came up, God sent a burning east wind: and so great was the heat of the sun on his head that Jonah was overcome, and, requesting death for himself, said, Death is better for me than life.
These men are unseen rocks at your love-feasts, when they take part in them with you, keepers of sheep who without fear take the food of the sheep; clouds without water rushing before the wind, wasted trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots,
And as for the rest of you, I will make their hearts feeble in the land of their haters, and the sound of a leaf moved by the wind will send them in flight, and they will go in flight as from the sword, falling down when no one comes after them;
And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, There will be heat; and so it is.
And when the men who were sent by John had gone away, he said to the people, about John, What did you go out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?
But while they were sailing he went to sleep: and a storm of wind came down on the sea, and the boat became full of water and they were in danger.
Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his sleep, said, Master, Master, destruction is near. And he, when he was awake, gave orders to the wind and the rolling waves, and the storm came to an end, and all was calm.
And a great storm of wind came up, and the waves came into the boat, so that the boat was now becoming full.
And he came out of his sleep, and gave strong orders to the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be at rest. And the wind went down, and there was a great calm.
And their fear was great, and they said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea do his orders?
And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have gone past them;
And he went to them into the boat, and the wind went down, and they were full of wonder in themselves;
And when they were going away, Jesus, talking of John, said to all the people, What went you out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?
But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was troubled by the waves: for the wind was against them.
But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord.
And when they had got into the boat, the wind went down.
The Lord is slow to get angry and great in power, and will not let the sinner go without punishment: the way of the Lord is in the wind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
And certain of the priests' sons with wind instruments; Zechariah, the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,
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