Verse (Click for Chapter) 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. 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. 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.'" 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.” 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 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionI 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.” 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.' Smith's Literal Translation As the east wind I will scatter them before the face of the enemy; I will cause them to see the neck and not the face, in the day of their destruction. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAs 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. Catholic Public Domain Version Like a burning wind, I will disperse them in the sight the enemy. I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their perdition.” 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. 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. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleI will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them my back and not my face, in the day of their calamity. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated 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 OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917I 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation I will scatter them before their enemies like an east wind; I will shew them the day of their destruction. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible 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 Deuteronomy 28:25 The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. Leviticus 26:17 And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you. Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear. Lamentations 1:8 Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away. Ezekiel 5:8-10 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations. / Because of all your abominations, I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again. / As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’ Hosea 13:16 Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open. 2 Kings 17:18-20 So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained, / and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced. / So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence. Psalm 44:10-11 You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us. / You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations. Isaiah 30:17 A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill. Isaiah 1:15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. Matthew 23:37-38 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. Luke 13:34-35 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’” Romans 11:7-10 What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened, / as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.” / And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them. ... 2 Thessalonians 1:9 They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might, Revelation 6:16-17 And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. / For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?” 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… Jump to Previous Attacker Calamity Disaster Downfall East Enemies Enemy Face Flight Neck Scatter Shew Show WindJump to Next Attacker Calamity Disaster Downfall East Enemies Enemy Face Flight Neck Scatter Shew Show WindJeremiah 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. I will scatter them The phrase "I will scatter them" reflects God's judgment upon His people, Israel, for their persistent disobedience and idolatry. The Hebrew root word for "scatter" is "פּוּץ" (puts), which conveys the idea of dispersing or spreading out. Historically, this scattering is reminiscent of the Assyrian and Babylonian exiles, where the Israelites were forcibly removed from their homeland. This scattering serves as both a punishment and a means to fulfill God's sovereign plan, reminding us of the consequences of turning away from God's commandments. before the enemy like the east wind I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I will scatter themאֲפִיצֵ֖ם (’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 Links Jeremiah 18:17 NIVJeremiah 18:17 NLT Jeremiah 18:17 ESV Jeremiah 18:17 NASB Jeremiah 18:17 KJV Jeremiah 18:17 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 18:17 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 18:17 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 18:17 French Bible Jeremiah 18:17 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 18:17 I will scatter them as (Jer.) |
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