The wind has wrapped her up in its 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.
- KJV The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
- BSB The whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings, and their sacrifices will bring them shame.
- 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 51:1Yahweh says: “Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against those who dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind.
- Isa 1:29For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.
- Jer 4:11–12At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;
- Hos 13:15Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come, the breath of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness; and his spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up. He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.
- Zech 5:9–11Then lifted I up my eyes, and saw, and behold, there were two women, and the wind was in their wings. Now they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah basket between earth and the sky.
- Hos 12:1Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, 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 also will be carried to Assyria for a present to a great king. Ephraim will receive shame, and Israel will be ashamed of his own counsel.
- Jer 17:13Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be disappointed. Those who depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Yahweh, the spring of living waters.
- Isa 42:17“Those who trust in engraved images, who tell molten images, ‘You are our gods’ will be turned back. They will be utterly disappointed.
- Jer 3:24–25But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
- Jer 2:36–37Why do you go about so much to change your ways? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.
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