Jeremiah 18:17
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I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity.”
In other translations
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity.”
Hebrew words
כְּרוּחַ־keruach-like a wind ofH7307קָדִיםkadim[the] eastH6921אֲפִיצֵם'afitzemI will scatter themH6327לִפְנֵיlifnei<to> beforeH6440אוֹיֵב'oyevan enemyH341עֹרֶף'orefbackH6203וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808פָנִיםfanimfaceH6440אֶרְאֵם'er'emI will show themH7200בְּיוֹםbeyomon [the] day ofH3117אֵידָם׃ ס'eidamdisaster theirH343
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 13:24Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.“I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind.
- Jeremiah 2:27Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble they beg, ‘Rise up and save us!’
- Psalm 48:7Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.
- Job 27:21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
- Hosea 13:15Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come— a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
- Jeremiah 32:33And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.
- Jeremiah 46:21Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them— the time of their punishment.
- Deuteronomy 28:64And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
- Deuteronomy 31:17Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
- Proverbs 7:25-2625 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths. 26 For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.
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