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Psalms 48:7
With a wind from the east
from Broken Bondage, Psalms 48:1-14
What it says

An east wind shattered them like ships of Tarshish.

What it is doing

This verse uses vivid imagery for decisive divine ruin.

In context

1A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. 2Beautiful in loftiness, 3God is in her citadels; 4For behold, the kings assembled; 5They saw and were astounded; 6Trembling seized them there, 7With a wind from the east 8As we have heard, so we have seen 9Within Your temple, O God, 10Your name, O God, like Your praise, 11Mount Zion is glad, 12March around Zion, encircle her, 13consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, 14For this God is our God forever and ever;