Jeremías 18:17

17 Como un viento del este,los esparciré delante del enemigo.En el día de su calamidadles daré la espalda y no la cara».

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 Sin embargo, mi pueblo me ha olvidado;quema incienso a ídolos inútiles.Ha tropezado en sus caminos,en los senderos antiguos,para andar por sendasy caminos escabrosos.

16 Así ha dejado desolado su país;lo ha hecho objeto de burla constante.Todo el que pase por élmeneará atónito la cabeza.

17 Como un viento del este,los esparciré delante del enemigo.En el día de su calamidadles daré la espalda y no la cara».

18 Ellos dijeron: «Vengan, tramemos un plan contra Jeremías. Porque no le faltará la ley al sacerdote, ni el consejo al sabio, ni la palabra al profeta. Ataquémoslo de palabra, y no hagamos caso de nada de lo que diga».

19 ¡SEÑOR, préstame atención!¡Escucha a los que me acusan!