Jeremiah 13 · Verse 24

Jeremiah 13:24

Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
Jeremiah 13:24, King James Version

Jeremiah 13:24 in other translations

BSB“I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind.
WEB“Therefore I will scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.
ASVTherefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away, by the wind of the wilderness.
YLTAnd I scatter them as stubble, Passing away, by a wind of the wilderness.
DARBYAnd I will scatter them as stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
BBESo I will send them in all directions, as dry grass is taken away by the wind of the waste land.
WebsterTherefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

What does Jeremiah 13:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. (Psa 1:4). by the wind--before the wind. of the wilderness--where the wind has full sweep, not being broken by any obstacle.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 The wind of the wilderness - Some strong tempestuous wind, proverbially severe, coming from the desert to the south of Judea.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 13:18-27

Here is a message sent to king Jehoiakim, and his queen. Their sorrows would be great indeed. Do they ask, Wherefore come these things upon us? Let them know, it is for their obstinacy in sin. We cannot alter the natural colour of the skin; and so is it morally impossible to reclaim and reform these people. Sin is the blackness of the soul; it is the discolouring of it; we were shapen in it, so that we cannot get…

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Jeremiah 13:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַאֲפִיצֵ֖םva.'a.fi.Tzemand I will scatter themH6327
כְּקַשׁ\־ke.kash-like chaffH7179
עוֹבֵ֑רo.Ver[which] passes awayH5674
לְר֖וּחַle.Ru.achto [the] wind ofH7307
מִדְבָּֽר\׃mid.Bar[the] wildernessH4057

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 13:24

  • Psalms 1:4

    The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

  • Leviticus 26:33

    And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

  • Hosea 13:3

    Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

  • Ezekiel 5:12

    A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.

  • Ezekiel 5:2

    Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

  • Ezekiel 17:21

    And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the Lord have spoken it.

  • Deuteronomy 4:27

    And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you.

  • Jeremiah 4:11-12

    At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.

  • Zephaniah 2:2

    Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord’s anger come upon you.

  • Isaiah 17:13

    The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

  • Luke 21:24

    And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

  • Ezekiel 6:8

    Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
will.
Le 26:33; De 4:27; 28:64; 32:26; Eze 5:2,12; 6:8; 17:21; Lu 21:24
as.
4:11,12; Ps 1:4; 83:13-15; Isa 17:13; 41:16; Ho 13:3; Zep 2:2

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Context

  • Jeremiah 13:23

    Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

  • Jeremiah 13:24

    Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

  • Jeremiah 13:25

    This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the Lord; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.

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Jeremiah 13:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por tanto yo los esparciré, como tamo que pasa, al viento del desierto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et je les disperserai comme le chaume qui s’en va par le vent du désert.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Darum werde ich sie zerstreuen wie Stoppeln, welche durch den Wind der Wüste dahinfahren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et disseminabo eos quasi stipulam quæ vento raptatur in deserto.