Jeremiah 18:17
New International Version
Like a wind from the east, I will scatter them before their enemies; I will show them my back and not my face in the day of their disaster.”

New Living Translation
I will scatter my people before their enemies as the east wind scatters dust. And in all their trouble I will turn my back on them and refuse to notice their distress.”

English Standard Version
Like the east wind I will scatter them before the enemy. I will show them my back, not my face, in the day of their calamity.”

Berean Standard Bible
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.”

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
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.”

New American Standard Bible
‘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 disaster.’”

NASB 1995
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.’”

NASB 1977
‘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.’”

Legacy Standard Bible
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 disaster.’”

Amplified Bible
‘I will scatter them like an east wind Before the enemy; I will show them My back and not My face In the day of their disaster [says the LORD].’”

Christian Standard Bible
I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them my back and not my face on the day of their calamity.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back and not My face on the day of their calamity.

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Like the hot wind, I shall scatter them before the enemies. I shall show them the back and not the face in the day of their distress

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I will scatter them before their enemies like an east wind; I will shew them the day of their destruction.

Contemporary English Version
When your enemies attack, I will scatter you like dust blown by an eastern wind. Then, on that day of disaster, I will turn my back on you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
As a burning will I scatter them before the enemy: I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their destruction.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Like the east wind I will scatter them in front of the enemy. On the day of their disaster, I will show them my back, not my face."

Good News Translation
I will scatter my people before their enemies, like dust blown by the east wind. I will turn my back on them; I will not help them when the disaster comes."

International Standard Version
Like the east wind, I'll scatter them before the enemy. I'll show them my back and not my face, on the day of their downfall.'"

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
I scatter them before an enemy as with an east wind, | I show them the neck and not the face, | In the day of their calamity.”

Majority Standard Bible
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.”

New American Bible
Like the east wind, I will scatter them before their enemies; I will show them my back, not my face, in their day of disaster.

NET Bible
I will scatter them before their enemies like dust blowing in front of a burning east wind. I will turn my back on them and not look favorably on them when disaster strikes them."

New Revised Standard Version
Like the wind from the east, I will scatter them before the enemy. I will show them my back, not my face, in the day of their calamity.

New Heart English 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 Translation
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
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.

Young's Literal Translation
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.'

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Context
The Potter and the Clay
16They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads. 17I 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.”

Cross References
Job 27:21
The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

Psalm 48:7
With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.

Proverbs 24:16
For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.

Jeremiah 2:27
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!'

Jeremiah 13:24
"I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind.

Jeremiah 32:33
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 46:21
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.


Treasury of Scripture

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.

scatter.

Jeremiah 13:24
Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

Deuteronomy 28:25,64
The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth…

Job 27:21
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

shew.

Jeremiah 2:27
Saying 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.

Jeremiah 32:33
And 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.

Deuteronomy 31:17
Then 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?

the day.

Jeremiah 46:21
Also 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.

Proverbs 7:25,26
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths…

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Jeremiah 18
1. Under the type of a potter is shown God's absolute power in disposing of nations.
11. Judgments threatened to Judah for her strange revolt.
18. Jeremiah prays against his conspirators.














(17) With an east wind.--MSS. vary, some giving "with" and some "as an east wind." The difference does not much affect the meaning. The east wind blowing from the desert was the wind of storms, tempests, and parching heat (Jonah 4:8; Psalm 48:7; Isaiah 27:8). I will shew them the back, and not the face.--The figure is boldly anthropomorphic. The light of God's countenance is the fulness of joy (Numbers 6:25). To turn away that light was to leave the people to the darkness of their misery. What was thus done by Jehovah was but a righteous retribution on the people who had "turned their back" and "not their face" to Him (Jeremiah 2:27).

Verse 17. - As with an east wind. The east was a stormy wind (Psalm 48:7; Job 27:21). I wilt show them the back; as they have done to Jehovah (Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 32:33).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I will scatter them
אֲפִיצֵ֖ם (’ă·p̄î·ṣêm)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6327: To be dispersed or scattered

before
לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the enemy
אוֹיֵ֑ב (’ō·w·yêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary

like the east
קָדִ֥ים (qā·ḏîm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6921: The fore, front part, the East

wind.
כְּרֽוּחַ־ (kə·rū·aḥ-)
Preposition-k | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

I will show
אֶרְאֵ֖ם (’er·’êm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7200: To see

them My back
עֹ֧רֶף (‘ō·rep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6203: The nape, back of the neck, the back

and not
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

My face
פָנִ֛ים (p̄ā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6440: The face

in the day
בְּי֥וֹם (bə·yō·wm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3117: A day

of their calamity.”
אֵידָֽם׃ (’ê·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 343: Oppression, misfortune, ruin


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