Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jeremiah 18:17 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for Jeremiah 18:17 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 18 verse 17 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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)
Commentary on Jeremiah 18:17
God describes His judgment: "I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy." The east wind (qadiym, קָדִים) was the sirocco—a hot, fierce desert wind that withered vegetation and brought discomfort. Scattering like chaff before wind depicts total dispersal and helplessness (Ps 1:4, Hos 13:3). The Babylonian invasion will scatter Judah's population into exile."I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity"—devastating imagery of divine abandonment. To show one's face indicates favor, attention, and blessing (Num 6:25-26, Ps 27:8-9); to turn one's back sig...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 18:17
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“as the stubble that passes away”
“You are my father; and to a stone”
“you break the ships of Tarshish.”
“an east wind will come”
“and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place.”
“they are fled away together”
“and not the face: and though I taught them”
“and recompense”
“and shall flee seven ways before them: and you shall be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.”
“and I will forsake them”