15 ‘For (A)My people have forgotten Me,
(B)They burn incense [a]to worthless gods
And they [b]have stumbled [c]from their ways,
[d]From the (C)ancient paths,
To walk in bypaths,
Not on a (D)highway,
16 To make their land a (E)desolation,
An object of perpetual (F)hissing;
Everyone who passes by it will be astonished
And (G)shake his head.
17 ‘Like an (H)east wind I will (I)scatter them
Before the enemy;
I will [e]show them (J)My back and not My face
(K)In the day of their calamity.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 18:15 Lit to worthlessness
  2. Jeremiah 18:15 So ancient versions; Heb caused them to
  3. Jeremiah 18:15 Or in
  4. Jeremiah 18:15 Or in
  5. Jeremiah 18:17 So ancient versions; M.T. reads look them in the back and not in the face

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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