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.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsI 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.
I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity.”
As an east wind I scatter them before an enemy, The neck, and not the face, I shew them, In the day of their calamity.'
As 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.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile