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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.
Jeremiah 18:17 — KJV
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Jeremiah 18:17
King James Version (KJV)
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Jeremiah 18:17
Verse 17 of 23
Commentary
Commentary on Jeremiah 18:17
Theological / DevotionalEast wind. The dread scorching, oppressive, dust-filled wind from the desert (see on Jer. 4:11; cf. Ps. 48:7; Jonah 4:8).
Shew them the back. Since the light of God’s “face” was the fullness of joy and peace (see Num. 6:25, 26), to turn away His countenance meant to be left in the shadows of misery. Here it was done in righteous retribution toward those who had turned their back upon the Lord (see Jer. 2:27).
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