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."
— Jeremiah 18:17, World English 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.”
“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.”
“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.”
Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? [or] shall the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?
For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false [gods]; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up;
to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
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.
Then they said, 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 strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Give heed to me, Yahweh, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.