Jeremiah 18:17

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Jeremiah 18:17

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity.”

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KJV

King James Version

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.

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WEB

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.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Jeremiah 18

¹⁵ Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.

¹⁶ They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.

¹⁷ I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity.”

¹⁸ Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”

¹⁹ Attend to me, O LORD. Hear what my accusers are saying!

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