King James Version with Apocrypha
"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."
— Jeremiah 18:17, King James Version with Apocrypha
“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 as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity. ”
“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.”
“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.””
“As a burning wind will I scatter them before the enemy: I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their destruction.”
“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.”
Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
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.
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Give heed to me, O Lord, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.