The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
Parallel translations
- WEB The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be disappointed because of their sacrifices.
- BSB The whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings, and their sacrifices will bring them shame.
- 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
Cross-references · 12
- Jer 51:1Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;
- Isa 1:29For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
- Jer 4:11–12At 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,
- Hos 13:15Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
- Zech 5:9–11Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.
- Hos 12:1Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
- Jer 2:26–27As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,
- Hos 10:6It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
- Jer 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
- Isa 42:17They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
- Jer 3:24–25For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
- Jer 2:36–37Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
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