Parallel Verses
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.
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 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.
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:
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 Therefore so says Jehovah, Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall on them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish. 22 So says Jehovah, Behold, a people comes from the north country, and a great nation shall be stirred from the sides of the earth. 23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride on horses, set in order like a man for war against you, O daughter of Zion.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 10:22
Behold, the noise of the rumor has come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a den of jackals.
Jeremiah 50:41-43
Behold, a people shall come from the north, even a great nation; and many kings shall be stirred up from the farthest parts of the earth.
Jeremiah 1:14-15
And Jehovah said to me, Out of the north an evil will be set loose on all the inhabitants of the land.
Jeremiah 5:15
Lo, I will bring a nation on you from afar, O house of Israel, says Jehovah. It is an enduring nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, nor understand what they say.
Jeremiah 6:1
O sons of Benjamin, take refuge out of the midst of Jerusalem. And blow the ram's horn in Tekoa, and set up a signal-fire over Beth-haccerem; for evil appears out of the north, and great ruin.
Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says Jehovah, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant; and will bring them against this land, and against its people, and against all these nations all around. And I will completely destroy them, and make them a waste, and a hissing, and everlasting ruins.