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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 18:17 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 18:17 |
King James |
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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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
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; Isa 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" (Jer 2:27). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| I will shew them the back - The hiding of God's face is the sure sign of His displeasure Isa 1:15; Isa 59:2. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| East wind - The east wind was in those parts the fiercest wind. As the east - wind scatters the chaff, so saith God, I will scatter them. In their calamity - And when they shall be in great calamity, I will turn my back upon them, I will not regard their prayers. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
I 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." |
27 Saying 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.
8 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.