King James Version
Jeremiah 13:24 in the King James Version says “Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.”
Jeremiah 13:24 · KJV
And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare. made: or, shall be violently taken away
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. accustomed: Heb. taught
Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
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“Therefore will I scatter”
H6327to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
“that passeth away”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“by the wind”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
“of the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
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