Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Then the Lord said to me, Out of the north evil will come, bursting out on all the people of the land.
New American Standard Bible
Then the Lord said to me, “
King James Version
Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
Holman Bible
Then the Lord said to me, “Disaster will be poured out
International Standard Version
Then the LORD told me, "From the north disaster will pour out on all who live in the land,
A Conservative Version
Then LORD said to me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
American Standard Version
Then Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
Amplified
Then the Lord said to me, “Out of the north the evil [which the prophets foretold as the result of national sin] will reveal itself and spill out on all the people of the land.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north shall evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah will say to me, From the north shall evil be opened upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
King James 2000
Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Yahweh said to me, "From [the] north disaster will be unleashed on all the inhabitants of the land.
Modern King James verseion
And Jehovah said to me, Out of the north an evil will be set loose on all the inhabitants of the land.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then said the LORD unto me, "Out of the north shall come a plague upon all the dwellers of the land.
NET Bible
Then the Lord said, "This means destruction will break out from the north on all who live in the land.
New Heart English Bible
Then the LORD said to me, "Out of the north evil will break out on all the inhabitants of the land.
The Emphasized Bible
Then said Yahweh unto me, - Out of the North, shall break forth calamity, against all the inhabitants of the land.
Webster
Then the LORD said to me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
World English Bible
Then Yahweh said to me, "Out of the north evil will break out on all the inhabitants of the land.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto me, 'From the north is the evil loosed against all inhabitants of the land.
Interlinear
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Pathach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 1:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Confirms Jeremiah's Call
13 And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, What do you see? And I said, I see a boiling pot, and its face is from the north. 14 Then the Lord said to me, Out of the north evil will come, bursting out on all the people of the land. 15 For see, I will send for all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says the Lord; and they will come, everyone placing his high seat at the way into Jerusalem, and against its walls on every side, and against all the towns of Judah.
Cross References
Isaiah 41:25
I have sent for one from the north, and from the dawn he has come; in my name he will get rulers together and go against them; they will be like dust, even as the wet earth is stamped on by the feet of the potter.
Jeremiah 4:6
Put up a flag for a sign to Zion: go in flight so that you may be safe, waiting no longer: for I will send evil from the north, and a great destruction.
Jeremiah 10:22
News is going about, see, it is coming, a great shaking is coming from the north country, so that the towns of Judah may be made waste and become the living-place of jackals.
Jeremiah 6:1
Go in flight out of Jerusalem, so that you may be safe, you children of Benjamin, and let the horn be sounded in Tekoa, and the flag be lifted up on Beth-haccherem: for evil is looking out from the north, and a great destruction.
Jeremiah 6:22
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.
Jeremiah 31:8
See, I will take them from the north country, and get them from the inmost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the feeble-footed, the woman with child and her who is in birth-pains together: a very great army, they will come back here.
Jeremiah 46:20
Egypt is a fair young cow; but a biting insect has come on her out of the north.
Jeremiah 50:9
For see, I am moving and sending up against Babylon a band of great nations from the north country: and they will put their armies in position against her; and from there she will be taken: their arrows will be like those of an expert man of war; not one will come back without getting its mark.
Jeremiah 50:41
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.
Ezekiel 1:4
And, looking, I saw a storm-wind coming out of the north, a great cloud with flames of fire coming after one another, and a bright light shining round about it and in the heart of it was something coloured like electrum.