17Like 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."


In Context

14 Does the snow of Lebanon ever vanish from its rocky slopes? Do its cool waters from distant sources ever cease to flow?

15 Yet my people have forgotten me; they burn incense to worthless idols, which made them stumble in their ways and in the ancient paths. They made them walk in bypaths and on roads not built up.

16 Their land will be laid waste, an object of lasting scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and will shake their heads.

17 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."

18 They said, "Come, let's make plans against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest will not be lost, nor will counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. So come, let's attack him with our tongues and pay no attention to anything he says."

19 Listen to me, O Lord ; hear what my accusers are saying!

Jeremiah 18:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:17I 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:17As a burning will I scatter them before the enemy: I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their destruction.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:17I 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:17As with an east wind will I scatter them before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:17I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will look upon their back, and not their face, in the day of their calamity.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:17I 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:17I 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:17As an east wind I scatter them before an enemy, The neck, and not the face, I shew them, In the day of their calamity.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:17I 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.