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New American Standard Bible (1995)

Jeremiah 6:22

Thus says the LORD, "Behold, a people is coming from the north land, And a great nation will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Instruments, Chosen;   Nation, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Kir-Hareseth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - North Country, Land of the North;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bellows;   Jeremiah (2);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This is what the Lord says:
Hebrew Names Version
Thus says the LORD, Behold, a people comes from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the eretz.
King James Version
Thus saith the Lord , Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
English Standard Version
Thus says the Lord : "Behold, a people is coming from the north country, a great nation is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.
New American Standard Bible
This is what the LORD says: "Behold, there is a people coming from the north land, And a great nation will be stirred up from the remote parts of the earth.
New Century Version
This is what the Lord says: "Look, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is coming from the far sides of the earth.
Amplified Bible
Thus says the LORD, "Behold, a people is coming from the north country, And a great nation shall be stirred up and put into action from the remote parts of the earth.
World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh, Behold, a people comes from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus sayeth the Lorde, Beholde, a people commeth from the North countrey, and a great nation shall arise from the sides of the earth.
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus says Yahweh,"Behold, a people is coming from the land of the north,And a great nation will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.
Berean Standard Bible
This is what the LORD says: "Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred from the ends of the earth.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord said, "Look toward the north, where a powerful nation has prepared for war.
Complete Jewish Bible
Here is what Adonai says: "A people is coming from the land of the north, a great nation will be aroused from the ends of the earth.
Darby Translation
Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation is stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Easy-to-Read Version
This is what the Lord says: "An army is coming from the north. A great nation is coming from faraway places on earth.
George Lamsa Translation
Thus said the LORD, Behold, a people is coming from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the ends of the earth.
Good News Translation
The Lord says, "People are coming from a country in the north; a mighty nation far away is preparing for war.
Lexham English Bible
Thus says Yahweh: "Look, a people is coming from the land of the north, a great nation is woken up from the farthest part of the earth.
Literal Translation
So says Jehovah, Behold! A people comes from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred from the sides of the earth.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Morouer thus saieth ye LORDE: Beholde, there shal come a people from the North, & a greate people shal arise from ye endes of ye earth,
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
The 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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus saith the LORD: Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be roused from the uttermost parts of the earth.
King James Version (1611)
Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people commeth from the North countrey, and a great nation shall bee raised from the sides of the earth.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus saith the Lorde: Beholde, there shall come a people from the north, and a great people shal arise from the endes of the earth.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people comes from the north, and nations shall be stirred up from the end of the earth.
English Revised Version
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! a puple cometh fro the lond of the north, and a greet folk schal rise togidere fro the endis of erthe.
Update Bible Version
Thus says Yahweh, Look, a people comes from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
New English Translation
"This is what the Lord says: ‘Beware! An army is coming from a land in the north. A mighty nation is stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth.
New King James Version
Thus says the LORD: "Behold, a people comes from the north country, And a great nation will be raised from the farthest parts of the earth.
New Living Translation
This is what the Lord says: "Look! A great army coming from the north! A great nation is rising against you from far-off lands.
New Life Bible
The Lord says, "See, a people is coming from the north country. A great nation is being raised up from the farthest parts of the earth.
New Revised Standard
Thus says the Lord : See, a people is coming from the land of the north, a great nation is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus, saith Yahweh, Lo! a people coming in from the land of the North, - Yea a great nation, shall be stirred up out of the remote parts of the earth:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus 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.
Revised Standard Version
Thus says the LORD: "Behold, a people is coming from the north country, a great nation is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.
Young's Literal Translation
Thus said Jehovah: Lo, a people hath come from a north country, And a great nation is stirred up from the sides of the earth.
THE MESSAGE
And listen to this verdict from God : "Look out! An invasion from the north, a mighty power on the move from a faraway place: Armed to the teeth, vicious and pitiless, Booming like sea storm and thunder—tramp, tramp, tramp— riding hard on war horses, In battle formation against you, dear Daughter Zion!"

Contextual Overview

18 "Therefore hear, O nations, And know, O congregation, what is among them. 19 "Hear, O earth: behold, I am bringing disaster on this people, The fruit of their plans, Because they have not listened to My words, And as for My law, they have rejected it also. 20 "For what purpose does frankincense come to Me from Sheba And the sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable And your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me." 21 Therefore, thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am laying stumbling blocks before this people. And they will stumble against them, Fathers and sons together; Neighbor and friend will perish." 22 Thus says the LORD, "Behold, a people is coming from the north land, And a great nation will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.23 "They seize bow and spear; They are cruel and have no mercy; Their voice roars like the sea, And they ride on horses, Arrayed as a man for the battle Against you, O daughter of Zion!" 24 We have heard the report of it; Our hands are limp. Anguish has seized us, Pain as of a woman in childbirth. 25 Do not go out into the field And do not walk on the road, For the enemy has a sword, Terror is on every side. 26 O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth And roll in ashes; Mourn as for an only son, A lamentation most bitter. For suddenly the destroyer Will come upon us. 27 "I have made you an assayer and a tester among My people, That you may know and assay their way."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a people: Jeremiah 6:1, Jeremiah 1:14, Jeremiah 1:15, Jeremiah 5:15, Jeremiah 10:22, Jeremiah 25:9, Jeremiah 50:41-43

Reciprocal: Isaiah 13:9 - cruel Jeremiah 4:6 - for I will Jeremiah 13:20 - and Jeremiah 50:42 - hold Ezekiel 21:7 - For the Ezekiel 21:31 - and skilful Ezekiel 23:22 - and I Habakkuk 1:6 - I raise Matthew 24:6 - ye shall hear

Cross-References

Genesis 6:3
Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years."
Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
Genesis 6:7
The LORD said, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them."
Genesis 6:8
But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
Genesis 7:5
Noah did according to all that the LORD had commanded him.
Genesis 7:9
there went into the ark to Noah by twos, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
Genesis 7:16
Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered as God had commanded him; and the LORD closed it behind him.
Genesis 17:23
Then Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all the servants who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's household, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the very same day, as God had said to him.
Exodus 40:16
Thus Moses did; according to all that the LORD had commanded him, so he did.
Exodus 40:19
He spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus saith the Lord, behold, a people cometh from the north country,.... The Assyrians from Babylon, which lay north of Judea, as in Jeremiah 1:14:

and a great nation shall be raised; that is, by the Lord, who would stir them up to this undertaking. The Targum is,

"many people shall come openly:''

from the sides of the earth; afar off, as Babylon was, Jeremiah 5:15.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Raised - Or, awakened, to undertake distant expeditions.

The sides of the earth - Or ends, the most distant regions (see Jeremiah 25:32).


 
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