Jeremías 18:17

17 "Como viento solano los esparciré delante del enemigo; les mostraré la espalda y no el rostro el día de su calamidad."

Jeremías 18:17 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 18:17

I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy,
&c.] As the east wind, which is generally strong and boisterous, drives the chaff and stubble, and anything that is light, before it, and scatters it here and there; so the Lord threatens to scatter the people of the Jews over the face of the earth, before their enemies, whom they should not be able to withstand. It denotes the power of the enemy God would make use of; the ease with which this should be done; and the utter dispersion of them; and is their present case: I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their
calamity;
that is, will not look upon them in a favourable way, nor with any pity and compassion for them, nor hear their cries; but turn his back upon them, and a deaf ear unto them, and give them no help and relief, or deliver them out of their calamities; but suffer them to continue upon them, and them to sink under them; see ( Proverbs 1:26-28 ) ; which refers to the same time of calamity as here.

Jeremías 18:17 In-Context

15 "Pues bien, mi pueblo me ha olvidado, queman incienso a dioses vanos, y se han desviado de sus caminos, de las sendas antiguas, para andar por senderos, no por calzada,

16 convirtiendo su tierra en una desolación, en una burla perpetua. Todo el que pase por ella se quedará atónito y meneará la cabeza.

17 "Como viento solano los esparciré delante del enemigo; les mostraré la espalda y no el rostro el día de su calamidad."

18 Entonces dijeron: Venid y urdamos planes contra Jeremías. Ciertamente la ley no le faltará al sacerdote, ni el consejo al sabio, ni la palabra al profeta. Venid e hirámoslo con la lengua, y no hagamos caso a ninguna de sus palabras.

19 Atiéndeme, oh SEÑOR, y escucha lo que dicen mis contrarios.