Jeremiah 13:24 ““I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind.”

Jeremiah 13:24

“I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that is taken away with the South winde.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

And I scatter them as stubble, Passing away, by a wind of the wilderness.

Bible in Basic English

So I will send them in all directions, as dry grass is taken away by the wind of the waste land.

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“will”

Leviticus 26:33 Ezekiel 5:2 Ezekiel 5:12 Deuteronomy 4:27 Deuteronomy 28:64 Deuteronomy 32:26

Leviticus 26:33 · BSB

But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.

Ezekiel 5:2 · BSB

When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For…

Ezekiel 5:12 · BSB

A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.

Deuteronomy 4:27 · BSB

Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

Deuteronomy 28:64 · BSB

Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

Deuteronomy 32:26 · BSB

I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,

“as”

Psalm 1:4 Hosea 13:3 Psalm 83:13–15 Isaiah 17:13 Isaiah 41:16 Zephaniah 2:2

Psalm 1:4 · BSB

Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.

Hosea 13:3 · BSB

Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.

Psalm 83:13–15 · BSB

Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.

Isaiah 17:13 · BSB

The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.

Isaiah 41:16 · BSB

You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Zephaniah 2:2 · BSB

before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.

25This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.

Read Jeremiah 13