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.
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Gill's Exposition
Give heed to me, O Lord,.... To his prayer, since his enemies would not give heed to his prophecies; and God does give heed to the cries and complaints of his ministers, when men will not give heed to…
Barnes' Notes
I will shew them the back - The hiding of God’s face is the sure sign of His displeasure Isa 1:15; Isa 59:2.
These verses seem to be the application of the general truths laid down in the foregoing part of the chapter to the nation of the Jews and their present state.
I. God was now speaking concerning them…
Cambridge Bible
as with an east wind better, perhaps, as an east wind.
look upon … their face mg. shew them the back, and not the face, in answer to the people's own behaviour towards Him. See ch. Jer 2:27. They…
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