Jeremiah 18:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I 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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּרֽוּחַ־קָדִ֥ים אֲפִיצֵ֖ם לִפְנֵ֣י אוֹיֵ֑ב עֹ֧רֶף וְלֹֽא־פָנִ֛ים אֶרְאֵ֖ם בְּי֥וֹם אֵידָֽם׃ ס

Transliteration

Like rûaḥ-qādîm I will ʾăpîṣēm before ʾôyēb; ʿōrep and not-faces I will ʾerʾēm in day of their ʾêdām

Grammar Details

*rûaḥ*: noun, feminine singular construct - wind of
*qādîm*: noun, masculine singular - east
*ʾăpîṣēm*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - I will scatter them
*ʾôyēb*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - enemy
*ʿōrep*: noun, masculine singular - back/neck
*ʾerʾēm*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - I will show them/see them
*ʾêdām*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their calamity/disaster

Word Meanings

*rûaḥ*: wind/spirit/breath
*qādîm*: east/eastern
*ʾăpîṣēm*: I will scatter them/disperse them
*ʾôyēb*: enemy/foe
*ʿōrep*: back/neck (turning one's back)
*ʾerʾēm*: I will show them/see them/look at them
*ʾêdām*: their calamity/disaster/destruction

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Referenced Verses

Jer 13:24 : 24 Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away, by the wind of the wilderness.
Jer 2:27 : 27 who say to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
Hos 13:15 : 15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the breath of Jehovah coming up from the wilderness; and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall make spoil of the treasure of all goodly vessels.
Job 27:21 : 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.
Ps 48:7 : 7 With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.
Jer 32:33 : 33 And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
Jer 46:21 : 21 Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they did not stand: for the day of their calamity is come upon them, the time of their visitation.
Prov 7:25-26 : 25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths. 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
Deut 28:25 : 25 Jehovah will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and from among all the kingdoms of the earth.
Deut 28:64 : 64 And Jehovah will scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone.
Deut 31:17 : 17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?
Deut 32:35 : 35 Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
Judg 10:13-14 : 13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will save you no more. 14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.

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