^17 (A)Like the east wind ^(B)I will scatter them
    before the enemy.
^(C)I will show them my back, not my face,
    in the day of their calamity.”

²⁴ I will scatter you^{[a] (A)}like chaff
    driven by the wind from the desert.

²⁷ who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
    and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their back to me,
    and not their face.
But ^(A)in the time of their trouble they say,
    ‘Arise and save us!’

⁷ By ^(A)the east wind you ^(B)shattered
    the ships of ^(C)Tarshish.

^21 (A)The east wind lifts him up and he is gone;
    it ^(B)sweeps him out of his place.

²¹ Even her hired soldiers in her midst
    are like ^(A)fattened calves;
yes, they have turned and fled together;
    they did not stand,
for the day of their calamity has come upon them,
    ^(B)the time of their punishment.

²⁵ Let not your heart turn aside to her ways;
    do not stray into her paths,
²⁶ for many a victim has she laid low,
    and all her slain are ^(A)a mighty throng.