Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsTherefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away, by the wind of the wilderness.
“I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind.
And I scatter them as stubble, Passing away, by a wind of the wilderness.
And I will scatter them as stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
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