15 Yet My people have forgotten Me.(A)
They burn incense to false idols
that make them stumble in their ways
on the ancient roads(B)
and walk on new paths, not the highway.
16 They have made their land a horror,(C)
a perpetual object of scorn;[a](D)
everyone who passes by it will be horrified(E)
and shake his head.(F)
17 I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind.(G)
I will show them[b] My back and not My face
on the day of their calamity.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 18:16 Lit hissing
  2. Jeremiah 18:17 LXX, Lat, Syr, Tg; MT reads will look at them

15 Yet my people have forgotten(A) me;
    they burn incense(B) to worthless idols,(C)
which made them stumble(D) in their ways,
    in the ancient paths.(E)
They made them walk in byways,
    on roads not built up.(F)
16 Their land will be an object of horror(G)
    and of lasting scorn;(H)
all who pass by will be appalled(I)
    and will shake their heads.(J)
17 Like a wind(K) from the east,
    I will scatter them before their enemies;
I will show them my back and not my face(L)
    in the day of their disaster.”

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