Jeremiah 50:41

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“Behold, an army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are stirred up from the ends of the earth.”

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BSBPD

“Behold, an army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are stirred up from the ends of the earth.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 50:41 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 13:2Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
  2. Isaiah 13:17Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.
  3. Jeremiah 6:22This is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth.
  4. Jeremiah 6:23They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.”
  5. Jeremiah 25:14For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”
  6. Jeremiah 50:2“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’
  7. Jeremiah 50:3For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.”
  8. Jeremiah 50:9For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.
  9. Jeremiah 51:1This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer.
  10. Jeremiah 51:11Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD— vengeance for His temple.
  11. Jeremiah 51:27“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her— Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.
  12. Revelation 17:16And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

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