Jer 18:17 | NET2full | STEP | I will scatter them before their enemies like dust blowing in front of a burning east wind . I will turn my back on them and not look favorably on them when disaster strikes them.”

‏ Jeremiah 18:17

17 I will scatter them before their enemies
like dust blowing in front of a burning east wind.
I will turn my back on them and not look favorably on them ^{▼▼tc Heb “I will show them [my] back and not [my] face.” This reading follows the suggestion of some of the versions and some of the Masoretes. The MT reads, “I will look on their back and not on their faces.”} ^{▼▼sn To “turn the back” is universally recognized as a symbol of rejection. The turning of the face toward one is the subject of the beautiful Aaronic blessing in Num 6:24-26.}
when disaster strikes them.”