Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Thus, saith Yahweh, Lo! a people coming in from the land of the North, - Yea a great nation, shall be stirred up out of the remote parts of the earth:
New American Standard Bible
“Behold,
And a great nation will be aroused from the
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
This is what the Lord says:
a great nation will be awakened
from the remote regions of the earth.
International Standard Version
This is what the LORD says: "Look, people are coming from a northern country. A great nation is stirring from the ends of the earth.
A Conservative Version
Thus says LORD, Behold, a people comes from the north country, and a great nation shall be stirred up from the outermost parts of the earth.
American Standard Version
Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, a people cometh from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Amplified
Thus says the Lord,
“Behold, a people is coming from the north country,
And a great nation shall be stirred up and put into action from the remote parts of the earth.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation is stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Julia Smith Translation
Thus said Jehovah, Behold, a people coming from the land of the north, and a great nation shall be raised up from the thighs of the earth.
King James 2000
Thus says the LORD, Behold, a people comes from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the ends of the earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Thus says Yahweh: "Look, a people [is] coming from [the] land of [the] north, a great nation is woken up from [the] farthest part of [the] earth.
Modern King James verseion
So says Jehovah, Behold, a people comes from the north country, and a great nation shall be stirred from the sides of the earth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD, "Behold, there shall come a people from the North, and a great people shall arise from the ends of the earth;
NET Bible
"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.
New Heart English Bible
"Thus says the LORD, 'Behold, a people comes from the north country. A great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh, "Behold, a people comes from the north country. A great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thus said Jehovah: Lo, a people hath come from a north country, And a great nation is stirred up from the sides of the earth.
Themes
Chosen Instruments » Of judgment
The Nation » Imprisonment mutilations » Instruments of judgment sent against sinful nation
Interlinear
Tsaphown
'erets
`uwr
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 6:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cruel Nation From The North
21 Wherefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, Behold me! laying before this people, stumblingblocks, - And fathers and sons together, shall stumble against them, The neighbour and his friend, shall perish. 22 Thus, saith Yahweh, Lo! a people coming in from the land of the North, - Yea a great nation, shall be stirred up out of the remote parts of the earth: 23 Bow and javelin, shall they grasp, Cruel, is he! So they will not have compassion, Their voice, like the sea, will roar, And on horses, will they ride, - Arrayed each one, like a man for battle, Against thee, O daughter of Zion!
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 10:22
The noise of a rumour! lo it hath come! Even a great commotion out of the land of the North, - To make the cities of Judah, A desolation, A den of jackals.
Jeremiah 50:41-43
Lo! a people coming in from the North, - Yea, a great nation and many kings, shall be round up out of the remote parts of the earth:
Jeremiah 1:14-15
Then said Yahweh unto me, - Out of the North, shall break forth calamity, against all the inhabitants of the land.
Jeremiah 5:15
Behold me! bringing upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, Declareth Yahweh, - A nation invincible, it is, A nation from age-past times, hath it been, A nation whose tongue thou shalt not know, Neither shalt thou understand what it speaketh:
Jeremiah 6:1
Take your goods into safety, ye sons of Benjamin out of the midst of Jerusalem, And in Tekoa, blow ye a horn, And on Beth-haccherem, raise a fire-signal, - For calamity, hath looked out from the North, Even a great destruction.
Jeremiah 25:9
Behold me! sending and fetching all the families of the North, Declareth Yahweh and Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon my servant, And I will bring them in against this land and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations, round about, - And I will devote them to destruction, and make them an astonishment and a hissing, and age-abiding desolations.