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Jeremiah 6:22

Judgment

20 What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”

21 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish.”

This is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth.

23 They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.”

24 We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
This is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth.
KJV
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.
WEB
The LORD says, “Behold, a people comes from the north country. A great nation will be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
Thus says YHWH: “Behold, a people is coming from the land of the north, and a great nation shall be roused from the sides of the earth.
ÅB
Så sier Herren: Se, et folk kommer fra landet i nord, et stort folk skal bryte opp fra jordens ytterste ende.
OTB
Dette sier Herren: ‘Se, en hær kommer fra landet i nord; en stor nasjon blir vekket fra jordens fjerneste deler.
B1930
Så sier Herren: Se, et folk kommer fra landet i nord, et stort folk skal bryte op fra jordens ytterste ende.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 10:22

    Listen! The sound of a report is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made a desolation, a haunt for jackals.

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  • Jeremiah 50:41–43

    Behold, an army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are stirred up from the ends of the earth.

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  • Jeremiah 1:14–15

    Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.

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  • Jeremiah 25:9

    behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.

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  • Jeremiah 5:15

    Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.

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  • Jeremiah 6:1

    “Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.

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