Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
dry wind--the simoom, terrific and destructive, blowing from the southeast across the sandy deserts east of Palestine. Image of the invading Babylonian army (Hosea 13:15). Babylon in its turn shall be visited by a similar "destroying wind" (Jeremiah 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.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 41:18
Jeremiah 4:12
Jeremiah 4:13
Jeremiah 12:12
Jeremiah 22:22
Jeremiah 51:1
Hosea 4:19
Hosea 13:15
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