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Jeremiah 18:17 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 18 · verse 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.Jeremiah 18:17 · King James Version
Jeremiah 18:17 in context
15Because 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;
16To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
17I 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.
18Then 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.
19Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- scatterpûwtsto dash in pieces, literally or figurativelyH6327 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- enemyʼôyêbhatingH341 →
- eastqâdîymthe fore or front partH6921 →
- windrûwachwindH7307 →
- shewrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
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These verses seem to be the application of the general truths laid down in the foregoing part of the chapter to the nation of the Jews and their present state. I. God was now speaking concerning them to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-17