Jeremiah 18:17
“I will scatter them as with an East winde before the enemie: I will shew them the backe, and not the face, in the day of their calamitie.”
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Jeremiah 18:17 Context
15Because my people hath forgotten mee, they haue burnt incense to vanitie, and they haue caused them to stumble in their waies from the ancient paths, to walke in paths, in a way not cast vp, 16To make their land desolate and a perpetuall hissing: euery one that passeth thereby shall bee astonished, and wagge his head. 17I will scatter them as with an East winde before the enemie: I will shew them the backe, and not the face, in the day of their calamitie. 18¶ Then said they, Come, and let vs deuise deuices against Ieremiah: for the Law shall not perish from the Priest, nor counsell from the wise, nor the word from the prophet: Come and let vs smite him with the tongue, and let vs not giue heede to any of his wordes. 19Giue heed to me, O Lord, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
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Other Translations for Jeremiah 18:17
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.
- King James Version
'Like an east wind I will scatter them Before the enemy; I will show them My back and not {My} face In the day of their calamity.'"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
- American Standard Version (1901)
I will send them in flight, as from an east wind, before the attacker; I will let them see my back and not my face on the day of their downfall.
- Basic English Bible
As with an east wind will I scatter them before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
- Darby Bible
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
- Webster's Bible
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
- World English Bible
As an east wind I scatter them before an enemy, The neck, and not the face, I shew them, In the day of their calamity.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will look upon their back, and not their face, in the day of their calamity.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 18:17
18:17 East wind - The east wind was in those parts the fiercest wind. As the east - wind scatters the chaff, so saith God, I will scatter them. In their calamity - And when they shall be in great calamity, I will turn my back upon them, I will not regard their prayers.