Jeremiah 18:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 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

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 Saying 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 wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
• Job 27:21 : 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
• Ps 48:7 : 7 Thou breakest{H8762)} the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
• Jer 32:33 : 33 And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: 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 are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.
• Prov 7:25-26 : 25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
• Deut 28:25 : 25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
• Deut 28:64 : 64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, 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 befall 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 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
• Judg 10:13-14 : 13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more. 14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.