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

15Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to a delusion and stumble in their ways— off the ancient paths— to walk on side-tracks, rather than a built-up highway. 16Their land will become a horror, a perpetual hissing— every one passing by will be stunned and shake his head. Like an east wind, I will scatter them before the enemy. I will see their back, not their face, in the day of their calamity.” 18Then they said: “Come, let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely Torah from the kohen will not be lost, nor will counsel from the wise, nor will the word from the prophet. Come, let’s strike at him with the tongue, and pay no attention to any of his words.” 19Be attentive to me, Adonai! Listen to the voice of my opponents.

Jeremiah 18:17 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• 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 13:24“Therefore I will scatter them like drifting straw in the desert wind.
• Deuteronomy 28:25“Adonai will bring you to defeat before your enemies. You will go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them. You will become a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
• Job 27:21The east wind picks him up and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
• Psalms 48:7Trembling seized them there, pain like a woman in labor.
• Hosea 13:15Because he is the son of kinsmen, he should have been fruitful. An east wind will come— the wind from Adonai, coming up from the wilderness. His spring will become dry, and his fountain will dry up. He will plunder the treasury of every precious vessel.
• Jeremiah 2:27They say to wood, ‘You are my father’ and to a stone, ‘You birthed me.’ They have turned their back to Me and not their face. Yet when they are in trouble they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’
• Jeremiah 32:33“They have turned their back to Me and not their face. Though I taught them early and often, they have not listened to receive instruction.
• Deuteronomy 31:17Then My anger will flare against them on that day, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them. So they will be devoured, and many evils and troubles will come on them. They will say on that day, ‘Isn’t it because our God is not among us that these evils have come on us?’
• Judges 10:13Yet you have forsaken Me and worshipped other gods; therefore I will deliver you no more.
• Jeremiah 46:21Even her mercenaries among her are like stall-fed calves, for they also will turn back— they will flee away together, they will not stand up— for the day of their calamity has come upon them, the time of their visitation.
• Proverbs 7:25Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray onto 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

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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