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 Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 4:11:
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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