Jeremiah 50:41 “Behold, an army is coming from the north; a great nation and many king…”

Jeremiah 50:41

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

World English Bible

“Behold, a people comes from the north. A great nation and many kings will be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

American Standard Version

Behold, a people cometh from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

Geneva Bible 1599

Beholde, a people shall come from the North, and a great nation, and many Kings shall be raised vp from the coastes of the earth.

Darby Translation

Behold, a people cometh from the north, and a great nation. And many kings shall arise from the uttermost parts of the earth.

Young's Literal Translation

Lo, a people hath come from the north, Even a great nation, And many kings are stirred up from the sides of the earth.

Bible in Basic English

See, a people is coming from the north; a great nation and a number of kings will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth.

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Cross references

“Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.”

Jeremiah 50:9 Isaiah 13:2–5 Jeremiah 25:14 Jeremiah 51:11 Revelation 17:16 Jeremiah 50:2

Jeremiah 50:9 · BSB

For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who…

Isaiah 13:2–5 · BSB

Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.

Jeremiah 25:14 · BSB

For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”

Jeremiah 51:11 · BSB

Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD— vengeance for His temple.

Revelation 17:16 · BSB

And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

Jeremiah 50:2 · BSB

“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pi…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

40As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.

42They 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 Babylon.

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