Proverbios 1:27

27. When… fear cometh Wisdom dwells upon this for the sake of impression, adding terrible qualifications.

Desolation Or, a desolating tempest.

A whirlwind A tornado, which rapidly whirls along with irresistible violence, spreading destruction in its path. Compare Job 1:16; Job 1:19; Zephaniah 1:15. Tornadoes were very frequent in the East during the winter and cold seasons. They often proved fatal to travellers and others exposed to their fury. Morier, describing the whirlwinds of Persia, says they swept along in a manner truly terrific. They carried away in their vortex, sand, branches of trees, and the stubble of the fields, and usually appeared to make a communication between the earth and the clouds. Our own country occasionally furnishes examples of terrific tornadoes.