Jeremiah 6:22
What does Jeremiah 6:22 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 6:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thus 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thus 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The Lord has said, See, a people is coming from the north country, a great nation will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Thus said Jehovah: Lo, a people hath come from a north country, And a great nation is stirred up from the sides of the earth.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thus saith the Lord: Behold a people cometh from the land of the north, and a great nation shall rise up from the ends of the earth.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation is stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Context
v.21Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people; and the fathers and the sons together shall stumble against them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish.
v.22This passage
v.23They 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 Zion.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 5:15
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
- Jeremiah 10:22
The voice of tidings, behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.
- Jeremiah 6:1
Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looketh forth from the north, and a great destruction.
- Jeremiah 50:41
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.
- Jeremiah 1:14
Then Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
- Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and I will send unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
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