Jeremiah 13:24

Therefore will I scatter them 1 as the chaff driven by the ruach of the midbar. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

In Context

23Can the Cushi (Ethiopian) change his ohr (skin), 1 or the namer (leopard) his spots? 1 Then may ye also do tov, 1 that are accustomed to do rah. 1

25This is thy goral (lot), 1 the portion of thy measures from Me, saith Hashem; 1 because thou hast forgotten Me, 1 and trusted in sheker (falsehood). 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:33And I will scatter you among the Goyim, and will draw out a cherev after you; and your land shall be desolate, and your cities ruin.

Deuteronomy 28:64And Hashem shall scatter thee among kol ha'ammim, from the one end of ha'aretz even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve elohim acherim, which neither thou nor Avoteicha have known, even etz va'even.

Psalms 1:4The Resha'im are not so, 1 but are like the chaff which the ruach driveth away. 1

Isaiah 17:13The nations shall roar like the roaring of mayim rabbim; 1 but He shall rebuke them, 1 and they shall flee far off, 1 and shall be chased as the motz (chaff) of the harim before the ruach, 1 and like whirling dust before the storm. 1

Jeremiah 4:11At that time shall it be told HaAm HaZeh and Yerushalayim, A ruach tzach (a dry wind, sirocco) from the high places in the midbar toward the Bat Ami, + 4:11 i.e., Yisroel not to winnow, nor to cleanse,

Ezekiel 5:2Thou shalt burn with flame a third part in the midst of the Ir, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and strike it all around with the cherev: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the ruach; and I will draw out the cherev after 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 →

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