Jeremiah 18:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 18:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 18:17 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "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 th..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 18:17 — KJV
“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)
Jeremiah 18:17 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 18:17
“And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 18:17: east, wind, day
“And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 18:17: east, wind, back
“Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 18:17: east, before, day
“And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. as it were a day's...: Heb. as it were the way of a day”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 18:17: wind, face, day
“And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 18:17: before, face, day
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