Jeremiah 18:17

Deuteronomy 28:25; Deuteronomy 28:64; Deuteronomy 31:17; Deuteronomy 32:35; Hosea 13:15; Jeremiah 13:24; Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 32:33; Jeremiah 46:21; Job 27:21; Judges 10:13; Judges 10:14; Proverbs 7:25; Proverbs 7:26; Psalms 48:7

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 18:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will shew them the back - The hiding of God’s face is the sure sign of His displeasure Isaiah 1:15 ; Isaiah 59:2 .
Arno Geneva Study Bible

I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and (f) not the face, in the day of their calamity. (f) I will...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Potter and the Clay. The potter ( Jeremiah 18:1-4 ) moulding his clay on the upper stone, which he makes revolve by his feet resting on the con...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

as. Some codices, with five early printed editions, read "with", instead of "as". wind. Hebrew. ruach. App-9. in the day. See App-18.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Though no word of comparison is expressed, if we read ב, beth, and not כ, caph, yet the Prophet employs a comparison, for God did not dri...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. I will scatter...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. I will...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-17. Figure of the potter's clay.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

I will shew them the back ] God's countenance will be turned away. 18-23. Invocation of evil on the prophet's enemies.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

With an east wind. — MSS. vary, some giving “with” and some “as an east wind.” The difference does not much affect the meaning. The east wind blowi...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XI THE DIVINE POTTER Jeremiah 18:1-23 JEREMIAH goes down into the Lower Town, or the valley between the upper and lower city; and ther...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now come to the second series of messages before the fall of Jerusalem (18-20), which consists of declarations of God's absolute supremacy. In pre...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a striking expostulation is in the opening of these verses? The Lord sends his people to ask of the heathen, among whom it was never known, of s...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy ,.... As the east wind, which is generally strong and boisterous, drives the chaff and stu...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 w...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Because my people have forgotten me The fountain of living waters; have forgotten what I am in myself, and what I have been, and am still ready to...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

People of God Accused and Threatened; Folly of Idolatry. B. C. 600....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The east wind is (or was at least in those parts) the fiercest wind. As the east wind scatters the chaff, so, saith God, I will scatter them. And whe...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Because Of Their Refusal To Respond To His ‘Shaping' He Will Now ‘Shape' Evil Against Them Unless They Now Repent. His Offer Being Turned Down God C...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter. Early in Jehoiakim’s reign (See Chronological Note on Section 19–27 of previous chap...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 18:6 . As the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand. The sense is given in the next words; the exaltation, or the degradatio...
The Biblical Illustrator

I win scatter them;.. . I will shew them the back. The sinner’s doom I. The cause of the evil threatened. 1. Rejecting the Divine government...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter is the introduction of a group of prophecies (extending to Jeremiah 25:1-24 .) of various dates; their sequence has evi...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Parable Further Applied
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I will scatter them as with an east wind, a violent wind from the desert, before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

East wind — The east wind was in those parts the fiercest wind. As the east — wind scatters the chaff, so saith God, I will scatter them. In their...

¹⁷ 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.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 18:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 18:17