17 I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind.(A)
I will show them[a] my back and not my face(B)
on the day of their calamity.

Plot against Jeremiah

18 Then certain ones said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah,(C) for instruction will never be lost from the priest,(D) or counsel from the wise, or a word from the prophet.(E) Come, let’s denounce him[b] and pay no attention to all his words.”

19 Pay attention to me, Lord.
Hear what my opponents are saying!(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 18:17 LXX, Lat, Syr, Tg; MT reads will look at them
  2. 18:18 Lit let’s strike him with the tongue

17 Like a wind(A) from the east,
    I will scatter them before their enemies;
I will show them my back and not my face(B)
    in the day of their disaster.”

18 They said, “Come, let’s make plans(C) against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest(D) will not cease, nor will counsel from the wise,(E) nor the word from the prophets.(F) So come, let’s attack him with our tongues(G) and pay no attention to anything he says.”

19 Listen to me, Lord;
    hear what my accusers(H) are saying!

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