2 Kings 19:7
Jeremiah 4:11
11. dry wind—the simoom, terrific and destructive, blowing from the southeast across the sandy deserts east of Palestine. Image of the invading Babylonian army (Ho 13:15). Babylon in its turn shall be visited by a similar "destroying wind" (Jer 51:1).
of . . . high places—that is, that sweeps over the high places. daughter—that is, the children of my people. not to fan—a very different wind from those ordinary winds employed for fanning the grain in the open air.
Copyright information for
JFB