Lexicon :: Strong's H5492 - sûp̄â

“[fn]Waheb in [fn]Suphah,

And the [fn]wadis of the Arnon [River],

“Are they like straw before the wind,

And like chaff that the storm steals and carries away?

“Terrors overtake him like a [suddenly rising] flood;

A windstorm steals him away in the night.

“Out of its chamber comes the storm,

And cold from the north wind.

So pursue them with Your tempest

And terrify them with [the violence of] Your storm.

When your dread and panic come like a storm,

And your disaster comes like a whirlwind,

When anxiety and distress come upon you [as retribution].

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more,

But the righteous has an everlasting foundation.

Their arrows are sharp and all their bows are strung and bent;

Their horses’ hoofs seem like flint and their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.

The nations roar on like the roaring of many waters,

But God will rebuke them and they will flee far away,

And be chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind,

Or like whirling dust before the storm.

The [mournful, inspired] oracle ([fn]a burden to be carried) concerning the Desert of the [fn]Sea (the seasonally flooded plains just south of Babylon):

As windstorms in the Negev (the South) sweep through,

So it (God’s judgment) comes from the desert, from [the hostile armies of] a terrifying land.

You will be punished by the LORD of hosts with thunder and earthquake and great noise,

With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire.

For indeed, the LORD will come in fire

And His chariots will be like the stormy wind,

To render His anger with rage,

And His rebuke with flames of fire.

“Behold, the enemy comes up like clouds,

His chariots like the whirlwind;

His horses are swifter than eagles.

Woe (judgment is coming) to us, for we are ruined!”

For they sow the wind [in evil]

And they reap the whirlwind [in disaster].

The standing grain has no growth;

It yields no grain.

If it were to yield, strangers would swallow it up.

“So I will kindle a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction] on the wall of Rabbah [in Ammon]

And it shall devour its strongholds

Amid war cries and shouts of alarm on the day of battle,

And a tempest on the day of the whirlwind [when the enemy captures the city].

The LORD is slow to anger and great in power

And He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.

The LORD has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm,

And the clouds are the dust beneath His feet.