Jeremiah 50:41

What does Jeremiah 50:41 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 50:41 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Behold, a people cometh from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Behold, a people cometh from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

See, a people is coming from the north; a great nation and a number of kings will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Lo, a people hath come from the north, Even a great nation, And many kings are stirred up from the sides of the earth.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Behold a people cometh from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall rise from the ends of the earth.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Behold, a people cometh from the north, and a great nation. And many kings shall arise from the uttermost parts of the earth.

Context

v.40As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.

v.41This passage

v.42They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 51:1

    Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in Leb-kamai, a destroying wind.

  • Jeremiah 6:22

    Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, a people cometh from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

  • Jeremiah 51:11

    Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: Jehovah hath stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.

  • Jeremiah 25:14

    For many nations and great kings shall make bondmen of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.

  • Jeremiah 51:27

    Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz: appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker-worm.

  • Jeremiah 50:9

    For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.

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