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Jeremiah 18:17

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I’ll scatter my people before their enemies,

like autumn leaves in a high wind.

On their day of doom, they’ll stare at my back as I walk away,

catching not so much as a glimpse of my face.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Like the east wind I will scatter them

before the enemy.

I will show them my back, not my face,

in the day of their calamity.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Like 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.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind.

I will show them my back and not my face

on the day of their calamity.

NLTNew Living Translation

I will scatter my people before their enemies

as the east wind scatters dust.

And in all their trouble I will turn my back on them

and refuse to notice their distress.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Like the wind from the east

I will scatter them before the enemy.

I will show them my back and not my face

in the day of their disaster.’ ”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.