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Natural words index  East Wind  That wind, and especially the
east wind, signifies nothing else than the dispersion of
falsities and evils, or, what is the same, of evil spirits and
genii, and afterwards a disposal into order, may be seen from
the Word, as in Isaiah:--  Thou shalt fan them, and the wind
shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and
thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One
of Israel (Isaiah41:16).  Here dispersion is compared to wind,
and scattering to a whirlwind, which is said of evils; then they
who are regenerate shall rejoice in Jehovah. In David:--  Lo,
the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together; they
saw it, then were they amazed; they were dismayed, they hasted
away; trembling took hold of them there, pain as of a woman in
travail; with the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish
(Ps. 48:4-7).  Here is described the terror and confusion
occasioned by an east win