Then YHWH replied to Job out of the tempest and said:
אָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה: בֹּא וּרְאֵה, שֶׁלֹּא כְּמִדַּת הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מִדַּת בָּשָׂר וָדָם. מִדַּת בָּשָׂר וָדָם, בְּמַה שֶּׁמַּכֶּה אֵינוֹ מְרַפֵּא, אֶלָּא מַכֶּה בָּאִזְמֵל וּמְרַפֵּא בָּרְטִיָּה. וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, בְּמַה שֶּׁמַּכֶּה, בּוֹ מְרַפֵּא. כְּשֶׁהִכָּה אֶת אִיּוֹב, בִּסְעָרָה הִכָּהוּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׂעָרָה יְשׁוּפֵנִי וְהִרְבָּה פְצָעַי חִנָּם (איוב ט, יז). וּכְשֶׁרִפְּאָהוּ, בִּסְעָרָה רִפְּאָהוּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וַיַּעַן ה' אֶת אִיּוֹב מִן הַסְּעָרָה (איוב לח, א). כְּשֶׁהִגְלָה אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, לֹא הִגְלָה אוֹתָם אֶלָּא בְּעָבִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: (איכה ב, א) אֵיכָה יָעִיב בְּאַפּוֹ, וּכְשֶׁהוּא מְכַנְּסָן מְכַנְּסָן בֶּעָבִים שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: מִי אֵלֶּה כָּעָב תְּעוּפֶינָה (ישעיה ס, ח). =
Our sages of blessed memory said: “Observe that the way of the Holy One, blessed be He, is not the way of man.” It is not man’s way to heal with what he wounds. If he wounds with a knife, he heals with a plaster, but the Holy One, blessed be He, heals with what He wounds. When He smote Job, He did so with a tempest, as it said: And multiply my wounds without cause (Job 9:17), and when He healed him He did so with a whirlwind, as it is said: Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind (ibid. 38:1). When He sent Israel into exile, He did so with clouds, as is said: How hath the Lord covered with a cloud (Lam. 2:1), and when He brought them back, He did so with a cloud, as it is said: Who are these that fly as a cloud? (Isa. 60:8).
The LORD is slow to anger and of great forbearance,
But the LORD does not remit all punishment.
He travels in whirlwind and tempest,
And clouds are the dust on His feet.
When the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a tempest, Elijah and Elisha had set out from Gilgal.
As they kept on walking and talking, a fiery chariot with fiery horses suddenly appeared and separated one from the other; and Elijah went up to heaven in a tempest.
(11) Unhappy, tempest-tossed one, uncomforted!
I will lay boils as your building stones
And make your foundations of sapphires. (12) I will make your battlements of rubies,
Your gates of precious stones,
The whole encircling wall of gems. (13) And all your children shall be disciples of the LORD,
And great shall be the happiness of your children; (14) You shall be established through righteousness.
You shall be safe from oppression,
And shall have no fear;
From ruin, and it shall not come near you.