The whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings, and their sacrifices will bring them shame.
Parallel translations
- WEB The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be disappointed because of their sacrifices.
- KJV The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
- NKJV The wind has wrapped her up in its wings, And they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
- NASB The wind wraps them in its wings, And they will be put to shame because of their sacrifices.
- NLT So a mighty wind will sweep them away. Their sacrifices to idols will bring them shame.
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Quick answer
A wind will sweep the people away, and they will be ashamed of their sacrifices. Their idolatrous worship will end in disappointment.
Overview
The wind that 'wraps her up in its wings' pictures swift and inescapable judgment carrying the nation off, fittingly into exile. Their idolatrous sacrifices, far from saving them, will become a source of shame when they prove utterly worthless. The verse concludes the chapter by declaring that all Israel's false worship will be exposed as futile, leaving only disgrace before the God they abandoned.
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 51:1This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer.
- Isa 1:29Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.
- Jer 4:11–12At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward the daughter of My people, but not to winnow or to sift;
- Hos 13:15Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
- Zech 5:9–11Then I lifted up my eyes and saw two women approaching, with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.
- Hos 12:1Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
- Jer 2:26–27As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets
- Hos 10:6Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.
- Jer 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
- Isa 42:17But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
- Jer 3:24–25From our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for—their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.
- Jer 2:36–37How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.
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