Matthew 3:12

The winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear out his threshing floor, and he will gather his wheat into the storehouse; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable eish (fire).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

In Context

11I give you a tevilah (immersion) in a mikveh mayim for teshuva, but Hu Habah (He who Comes) + 3:11 i.e., the Moshiach after me has more chozek (strength) than me. I am not worthy to remove his sandals. He will give you a tevilah (immersion) with the Ruach Hakodesh and eish (fire).

13Then Yehoshua comes from the Galil to the Yarden to Yochanan, to submit to Yochananʼs tevilah.

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Cross References

Job 21:18They are as straw before the ruach, 1 and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. 1

Psalms 35:5Let them be like motz (chaff) before the ruach; 1 and let the Malach Hashem drive them away. 1

Isaiah 5:24Therefore as the eish licketh up the stubble, 1 and the flame consumeth the dry grass, 1 so their shoresh shall be as rottenness, 1 and their blossom shall go up as dust; 1 because they have cast away the Torat Hashem Tzva'os, 1 and spurned the word of the Kadosh Yisroel. 1

Isaiah 28:28Grain for lechem must be ground; 1 because he will not ever be threshing it, 1 nor break it with the gilgal (wheel) of his agalah (cart, wagon), 1 nor grind it with his parash. 1

Isaiah 41:16Thou shalt winnow them, 1 and the ruach shall carry them away, 1 and the se'arah shall scatter them; 1 and thou shalt rejoice in Hashem, 1 and shalt glory in Kadosh Yisroel. 1

Jeremiah 4:11At that time shall it be told HaAm HaZeh and Yerushalayim, A ruach tzach (a dry wind, sirocco) from the high places in the midbar toward the Bat Ami, + 4:11 i.e., Yisroel not to winnow, nor to cleanse,

Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:8-13

The Preaching of John the Baptist. 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: 9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not… Read the whole commentary →

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