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What the Bible Says About Whirlwind

Overview

The Bible addresses whirlwind across 21 verses, drawn from the Old Testament. These passages cluster most in Isaiah, Jeremiah and Job. Closely related themes include Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena, Wind, the, Ascension and Idolatry. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Elijah, Job and Elisha.

Key Bible verses about whirlwind

Old Testament

Isaiah

Isaiah 5:28

Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

Isaiah 17:13

The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. a rolling: or, thistledown

Isaiah 21:1

The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

Isaiah 40:24

Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

Isaiah 41:16

Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 66:15

For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

People in the Bible and whirlwind

Biblical figures whose stories intersect with this theme.

In the Bible dictionary

Studying whirlwind for yourself

  • Begin with 2 Kings 2:1, then read the passages below in canonical order.
  • Compare how Isaiah, Jeremiah and Job each treat the theme.
  • Consider the lives of Elijah, Job and Elisha and how their stories intersect with it.
  • Widen the study to related themes: Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena, Wind, the, Ascension and Idolatry.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Bible say about whirlwind?

The Bible addresses whirlwind across 21 verses, drawn from the Old Testament. These passages cluster most in Isaiah, Jeremiah and Job. Closely related themes include Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena, Wind, the, Ascension and Idolatry. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Elijah, Job and Elisha.

How many Bible verses are about whirlwind?

The Bible references whirlwind in 21 verses (King James Version).

Where does the Bible first mention whirlwind?

In canonical order, the first of these passages is 2 Kings 2:1: “And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.”

Which people in the Bible are associated with whirlwind?

Elijah, Job and Elisha.

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