Jeremiah 18:17

New American Bible - revised edition

Like the east wind, I will scatter them before their enemies; I will show them my back, not my face, in their day of disaster. Another Prayer for Vengeance.

Cross References

Job 27:21

The east wind seizes him and he is gone; it sweeps him from his place;

Psalm 48:7

Trembling seized them there, anguish, like a woman’s labor,

Proverbs 24:16

Though the just fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble from only one mishap.

Jeremiah 13:24

I will scatter them like chaff that flies on the desert wind.

Jeremiah 2:27

They say to a piece of wood, “You are my father,” and to a stone, “You gave me birth.” They turn their backs to me, not their faces; yet in their time of trouble they cry out, “Rise up and save us!”

Jeremiah 32:33

They turned their backs to me, not their faces; though I taught them persistently, they would not listen or accept correction.

Jeremiah 46:21

Even the mercenaries in her ranks are like fattened calves; They too turn and flee together— they do not stand their ground, For their day of ruin comes upon them, their time of punishment.

Ezekiel 27:26

Out into deep waters your oarsmen brought you; The east wind shattered you in the heart of the sea.

Ezekiel 7:22

I will turn my face away from them. My treasure will be defiled; the violent will enter and defile it.

Hosea 13:15

Though Ephraim may flourish among his brothers, an east wind will come, a wind from the Lord, rising from the wilderness, That will dry up his spring, and leave his fountain dry. It will loot his treasury of every precious thing.

Deuteronomy 28:25

The Lord will let you be beaten down before your enemies; though you advance against them from one direction, you will flee before them in seven, so that you will become an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Deuteronomy 28:64

The Lord will scatter you among all the peoples from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will serve other gods, of wood and stone, which you and your ancestors have not known.

Deuteronomy 31:17

At that time my anger will flare up against them; I will forsake them and hide my face from them; they will become a prey to be devoured, and much evil and distress will befall them. At that time they will indeed say, “Is it not because our God is not in our midst that these evils have befallen us?”

Deuteronomy 32:35

Vengeance is mine and recompense, for the time they lose their footing; Because the day of their disaster is at hand and their doom is rushing upon them!