Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Then the Lord said, "This means destruction will break out from the north on all who live in 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.
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.
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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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 1:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Confirms Jeremiah's Call
13 The Lord again asked me, "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a pot of boiling water; it is tipped toward us from the north." 14 Then the Lord said, "This means destruction will break out from the north on all who live in the land. 15 For I will soon summon all the peoples of the kingdoms of the north," says the Lord. "They will come and their kings will set up their thrones near the entrances of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all the walls surrounding it, and all the towns in Judah.
Cross References
Isaiah 41:25
I have stirred up one out of the north and he advances, one from the eastern horizon who prays in my name. He steps on rulers as if they were clay, like a potter treading the clay.
Jeremiah 4:6
Raise a signal flag that tells people to go to Zion. Run for safety! Do not delay! For I am about to bring disaster out of the north. It will bring great destruction.
Jeremiah 10:22
Listen! News is coming even now. The rumble of a great army is heard approaching from a land in the north. It is coming to turn the towns of Judah into rubble, places where only jackals live.
Jeremiah 6:1
"Run for safety, people of Benjamin! Get out of Jerusalem! Sound the trumpet in Tekoa! Light the signal fires at Beth Hakkerem! For disaster lurks out of the north; it will bring great destruction.
Jeremiah 6:22
"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.
Jeremiah 31:8
Then I will reply, 'I will bring them back from the land of the north. I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth. Blind and lame people will come with them, so will pregnant women and women about to give birth. A vast throng of people will come back here.
Jeremiah 46:20
Egypt is like a beautiful young cow. But northern armies will attack her like swarms of stinging flies.
Jeremiah 50:9
For I will rouse into action and bring against Babylon a host of mighty nations from the land of the north. They will set up their battle lines against her. They will come from the north and capture her. Their arrows will be like a skilled soldier who does not return from the battle empty-handed.
Jeremiah 50:41
"Look! An army is about to come from the north. A mighty nation and many kings are stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth.
Ezekiel 1:4
As I watched, I noticed a windstorm coming from the north -- an enormous cloud, with lightning flashing, such that bright light rimmed it and came from it like glowing amber from the middle of a fire.