Jeremiah 18:17

Jeremiah 18:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)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.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)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."
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.”

Context of Jeremiah 18:17

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. 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. 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 Yhwh, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

Jeremiah 18:17 word by word

כְּרֽוּחַ־קָדִ֥ים אֲפִיצֵ֖ם לִפְנֵ֣י אוֹיֵ֑ב עֹ֧רֶף וְלֹֽא־פָנִ֛ים אֶרְאֵ֖ם בְּי֥וֹם אֵידָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

• I will scatterפּוּץpûts · to scatterH6327
• them as with an eastקָדִיםqâdîym qâdim · eastH6921
• windרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• I will shewרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• them the backעֹ֫רֶף‛ôreph · neckH6203
• and not the faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of their calamityאֵיד'êyd · calamityH343

Cross-references for Jeremiah 18:17

• Jeremiah 13:24Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
• Deuteronomy 28:25Yhwh 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 27:21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
• Psalms 48:7Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
• Hosea 13:15Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of Yhwh shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
• Jeremiah 2:27Saying 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 32:33And 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 31:17Then 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?
• Judges 10:13Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.
• Jeremiah 46:21Also 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 7:25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 18:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17I will scatter them as with an east wind - It is the property of this wind, almost every where, to parch up, blast, and destroy grain and trees, and even cattle and men suffer from it. Hence the old metrical proverb: - "When the wind blows from the east, 'Tis good for neither man nor beast."Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17I will shew them the back - The hiding of God‘s face is the sure sign of His displeasure Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 59:2.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-17Verses 11-17 Sinners call it liberty to live at large; whereas for a man to be a slave to his lusts, is the very worst slavery. They forsook God for idols. When men are parched with heat, and meet with cooling, refreshing streams, they use them. In these things men will not leave a certainty for an uncertainty; but Israel left the ancient paths appointed by the Divine law. They walked not in the highway, in which they might travel safely, but in a way in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-17The Lord declared judgment on Judah and Jerusalem. They have made their land a desolation...I will scatter them: Between 605 and 586 BC, Judah and Jerusalem gradually lost their residents. like the east wind: In the summer, a strong hot wind from the east can blow sand and dust from the desert into Judah. I will show them My back: The people would no longer have a covenant relationship with the Lord.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. as with an east wind--literally, "I will scatter them, as an east wind (scatters all before it)": a most violent wind (Job 27:21; Psa 48:7; Is 27:8). Thirty-two manuscripts read (without as), "with an east wind." I will show them the back ... not ... face--just retribution: as "they turned their back unto Me ... not their face" (Jr 2:27).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 18:17

• Church
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• East wind
• Smite
• Wag
• Anathoth
• Face
• Providence

Commentaries on Jeremiah 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings