Jeremiah 18:17

Jeremiah 18:17 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

17Like a wind from the east,

I will scatter them before their enemies;

I will show them my back and not my face

in the day of their disaster.”

17‘Like an east wind I will scatter them

Before the enemy;

I will show them My back and not My face

In the day of their disaster.’ ”

17Like an east wind I will scatter them

Before the enemy;

I will show them My back and not My face

In the day of their calamity.’ ”

17‘I will scatter them like an east wind

Before the enemy;

I will show them My back and not My face

In the day of their disaster [says the Lord].’ ”

17I will scatter them before the enemy

like the east wind.

I will show them My back and not My face

in the day of their calamity.”

17I will sweep over my people like a wind from the east.

I will use the Babylonians to scatter them.

I will show them my back and not my face.

I will desert them when their day of trouble comes.’ ”