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.
Ver. 17. I will scatter them.] Whirry and whirl them up and down, as chaff before the force of the enemy.
I will skew them the back, and not the face.] This was woeful, but just upon them for their unworthy dealing in like sort with the Lord. 2 Chronicles 29:6 Jeremiah 2:27 ; Jer 32:33 Eze 8:16 Every transgression and disobedience hath a just recompense of reward. Heb 2:2