Jeremiah 13:24
I'm going to scatter you like chaff blown away by the desert wind.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 26:33I'm going to scatter you among the nations. You will be chased out by armies with swords as your land is ruined and your towns are destroyed.
Deuteronomy 28:64The Lord will scatter you among the nations all over the earth, and there you will worship other gods, gods made of wood and stone, which you and your fathers had never heard of.
Psalms 1:4But it's not like that for the wicked! They are like chaff, blown away by the wind.
Isaiah 17:13The nations roar like the roaring of crashing waves. But he confronts them, and they run far away, blown by the wind like chaff on the mountains, like tumbleweeds driven by a storm.
Jeremiah 4:11At that time the people of Jerusalem will be told, “A burning wind from the bare hills of the desert is blowing toward Jerusalem, but not to blow away the chaff or the dust.
Ezekiel 5:2Once the days of the siege have finished, burn up one third of the hair inside the city; slash at another third with a sword around the city; and scatter another third in the wind. I will let loose a sword behind them to chase them.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 13:23-27
Punishment Predicted; Causes of Jerusalem's Ruin. ( b. c. 606.) 22 And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare. 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. 24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness. 25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the Lord ;… Read the whole commentary →