Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Bible References
Scatter
Jeremiah 13:24
"The Lord says, 'That is why I will scatter your people like chaff that is blown away by a desert wind.
Deuteronomy 28:25
"The Lord will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
Job 27:21
The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
Psalm 48:7
With an east wind you shatter the large ships.
Hosea 13:15
Even though he flourishes like a reed plant, a scorching east wind will come, a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert. As a result, his spring will dry up; his well will become dry. That wind will spoil all his delightful foods in the containers in his storehouse.
Shew
Jeremiah 2:27
They say to a wooden idol, 'You are my father.' They say to a stone image, 'You gave birth to me.' Yes, they have turned away from me instead of turning to me. Yet when they are in trouble, they say, 'Come and save us!'
Jeremiah 32:33
They have turned away from me instead of turning to me. I tried over and over again to instruct them, but they did not listen and respond to correction.
Deuteronomy 31:17
At that time my anger will erupt against them and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome them so that they will say at that time, 'Have not these disasters overcome us because our God is not among us?'
Judges 10:13
But since you abandoned me and worshiped other gods, I will not deliver you again.
The day
Jeremiah 46:21
Even her mercenaries will prove to be like pampered, well-fed calves. For they too will turn and run away. They will not stand their ground when the time for them to be destroyed comes, the time for them to be punished.
Deuteronomy 32:35
I will get revenge and pay them back at the time their foot slips; for the day of their disaster is near, and the impending judgment is rushing upon them!"
Proverbs 7:25
Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways -- do not wander into her pathways;