Jeremiah 13:24

So I will scatter them like chaff that perishes in the desert wind. 1

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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 people of Cush change their skin color, or a leopard change its spots? 1 If so, then you yourself, although accustomed to wickedness, would be able to do good. 1

25This is what I have given to you, the portion I have decreed for you—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 because you have forgotten me and trusted in deceit. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:33I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw out my sword and follow you. Your land will be abandoned, and your cities will be ruined.

Deuteronomy 28:64Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples from the one end of the earth to the other end of the earth; there you will worship other gods that you have not known, neither you nor your ancestors, gods of wood and stone.

Psalms 1:4The wicked are not so, 1 but are instead like the chaff that the wind drives away. 1

Isaiah 17:13The nations will roar like the rushing of many waters, 1 but he will rebuke them and they will flee far away, 1 they will be chased before the wind like chaff on the mountains, 1 and like weeds whirling before a storm. 1

Jeremiah 4:11In that time it will be said of this people and Jerusalem, “A burning wind from the plains of the desert will make its way to the daughter of my people. It will not winnow or cleanse them.

Ezekiel 5:2Burn a third of it with fire in the midst of the city when the days of the siege are completed, and take a third of the hair and strike it with the sword all around the city. Then scatter a third of it to the wind, and I will draw out a sword to chase after the people.

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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