Jeremiah 18:17
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 2:27 shows the people turning their back to God — the reason God shows his back instead of his face here.
Jeremiah 13:24 uses the same image of scattering like chaff driven by wind — reinforcing the east wind judgment here.
Jeremiah 32:33 uses the exact phrase 'turned their back not their face' — directly linking the people's sin to God's response here.
Deuteronomy 28:25 warns of being defeated and becoming a horror to all kingdoms — directly paralleling the scattering and calamity here.
Deuteronomy 28:64 describes being scattered among all peoples — the same covenant curse mirrored in this verse.
Deuteronomy 31:17 says God will hide his face from Israel — the same withdrawal of favor as showing his back in this verse.
In Judges 10:13, God says He will no longer save Israel because they forsook Him — same theme of divine abandonment here.
In Judges 10:14, God tells Israel to cry to their own gods — a parallel response of rejection, leaving them to their fate.
Job 27:21 depicts the east wind carrying someone away — the same instrument of judgment as the scattering here.
Psalm 48:7 shows the east wind shattering ships — reinforcing the destructive power of the east wind imagery in this verse.
Hosea 13:15 describes an east wind drying up springs — a parallel image of desolation through the same wind.
Deuteronomy 32:20 has God saying 'I will hide my face' — the exact same idea as showing His back here.
2 Chronicles 30:9 promises God will not turn His face if they return — the opposite of this verse's turning away.
Ezekiel 7:22 also shows God turning his face away, allowing desecration of the temple.
Deuteronomy 32:35 also speaks of 'day of disaster' and divine judgment, sharing the same warning of God's retribution.
Psalm 18:18 uses 'day of disaster' but describes God supporting the psalmist — a contrast to God's abandonment here.