Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

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A people

Jeremiah 6:1
“Run for cover, Benjaminites,
out of Jerusalem!
Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa;
raise a smoke signal over Beth-haccherem,
for disaster threatens from the north,
even great destruction.
Jeremiah 1:14
Then the Lord said to me, “Disaster will be poured out from the north on all who live in the land.
Jeremiah 5:15
I am about to bring a nation
from far away against you,
house of Israel.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
It is an established nation,
an ancient nation,
a nation whose language you do not know
and whose speech you do not understand.
Jeremiah 10:22
Listen! A noise—it is coming—
a great commotion from the land to the north.
The cities of Judah will be made desolate,
a jackals’ den.
Jeremiah 25:9
I am going to send for all the families of the north’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘and send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all these surrounding nations, and I will completely destroy them and make them a desolation, a derision, and ruins forever.
Jeremiah 50:41
Look! A people comes from the north.
A great nation and many kings will be stirred up
from the remote regions of the earth.

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Jeremiah 50:41
Look! A people comes from the north.
A great nation and many kings will be stirred up
from the remote regions of the earth.

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