Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Then the Lord said to me, “Out of the north the evil will break forth on all the inhabitants of the land.

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 from the north on all who live in the land.

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.

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.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Then the Lord

Usage: 0

unto me, Out of the north
צפן צפון 
Tsaphown 
Usage: 153

פּתח 
Pathach 
Usage: 143

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

Yahweh Confirms Jeremiah's Call

13 The word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north." 14 Then the Lord said to me, “Out of the north the evil will break forth on all the inhabitants of the land. 15 For behold, I am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, declares the LORD, and they shall come, and every one shall set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its walls all around and against all the cities of Judah.

Cross References

Isaiah 41:25

I stirred up one from the north, and he has come, from the rising of the sun, and he shall call upon my name; he shall trample on rulers as on mortar, as the potter treads clay.

Jeremiah 4:6

Raise a standard toward Zion, flee for safety, stay not, for I bring disaster from the north, and great destruction.

Jeremiah 10:22

A voice, a rumor! Behold, it comes!-- a great commotion out of the north country to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a lair of jackals.

Jeremiah 6:1

Flee for safety, O people of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise a signal on Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms out of the north, and great destruction.

Jeremiah 6:22

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.

Jeremiah 31:8

Behold, I will bring them from the north country and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, among them the blind and the lame, the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together; a great company, they shall return here.

Jeremiah 46:20

"A beautiful heifer is Egypt, but a biting fly from the north has come upon her.

Jeremiah 50:9

For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon a gathering of great nations, from the north country. And they shall array themselves against her. From there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.

Jeremiah 50:41

"Behold, a people comes from the north; a mighty nation and many kings are stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.

Ezekiel 1:4

As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud, with brightness around it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, as it were gleaming metal.

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