Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 4:11

11 At that time shall it be said to this people, and to Jerusalem , A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse .

There shall be tydings brought both to the Country and City, verse 5.

Viz. when Nebuchadnezzar is upon this expedition, verse 7.

The meaning is a drying wind, such as shall blast, and scorch where it comes, without any Rain or moisture, or any other way for use, or refreshment, as the last words in the verse intimates; and it may also allude unto the Coast, from whence this wind comes, viz. from Babylon, or the North, which drives away Rain, Prov. 25.23. for it points at the stormy and furious irruption of the Babylonian Army, destroying all before them, a Metaphorical Allegory, chap. 23.19. and 30.23, 24.

Or in the plain, where there is no stop or obstacle in the way to hinder the wind, or to break its fury, Isa. 21.1. chap. 13.24. see on Isa. 63.13.

i. e. Directly, and designedly, coming along in the way leading to my people, for so we are to understand this expression, the Daughter of my people, as the Daughter of Zion, Isa. 1.8. or rather, the Daughter Zion, which is as comely and beautiful in my eyes, and tender to me as a Daughter, chap. 9.1.

Not such a gentle wind, which is made choice of to separate the Chaff from the Wheat, the bad from the good, but so boisterous and violent, that it shall depopulate, sweep away, and lay waste all together, chap 51.1. Ezek. 21.3.