Jeremiah 18:17
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.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 18 connects to 10 cross-references. Jeremiah visits the potter's house and sees the potter rework a marred vessel. God can do the same with nations: what he decrees can be changed by repentance or undone by sin. The people plot against Jeremiah and he calls …
Other Translations
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.
As an east wind I scatter them before an enemy, The neck, and not the face, I shew them, In the day of their calamity.'
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.
Cross References
Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have …
Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and …
Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and …
Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.
Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up …
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.