After them, seven heads of grain, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up.

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After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—thin and scorched by the east wind.(A)

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11 “At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, ‘A searing wind(A) blows from the barren heights in the wilderness on the way to my dear[a] people. It comes not to winnow or to sift; 12 a wind too strong for this comes at my call.[b] Now I will also pronounce judgments against them.’”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 4:11 Lit to the daughter of my
  2. 4:12 Lit comes for me

11 At that time this people and Jerusalem will be told, “A scorching wind(A) from the barren heights in the desert blows toward my people, but not to winnow or cleanse; 12 a wind(B) too strong for that comes from me. Now I pronounce my judgments(C) against them.”

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10 Even though it is planted, will it flourish? Won’t it wither completely when the east wind strikes it?(A) It will wither on the plot where it sprouted.’”

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10 It has been planted,(A) but will it thrive? Will it not wither completely when the east wind strikes it—wither away in the plot where it grew?(B)’”

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12 But it was uprooted in fury,(A)
thrown to the ground,
and the east wind dried up its fruit.
Its strong branches were torn off and dried up;(B)
fire consumed them.

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12 But it was uprooted(A) in fury
    and thrown to the ground.
The east wind(B) made it shrivel,
    it was stripped of its fruit;
its strong branches withered
    and fire consumed them.(C)

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