15 “Because My people have forgotten (A)Me,
They have burned incense to worthless idols.
And they have caused themselves to stumble in their ways,
From the (B)ancient paths,
To walk in pathways and not on a highway,
16 To make their land (C)desolate and a perpetual (D)hissing;
Everyone who passes by it will be astonished
And shake his head.
17 (E)I will scatter them (F)as with an east wind before the enemy;
(G)I will [a]show them the back and not the face
In the day of their calamity.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 18:17 So with LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT look them in

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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