Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou art melted away, O Philistia, all of thee; for there cometh a smoke out of the north, and none standeth aloof at his appointed times.
Jeremiah 1:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the Lord said to me, Out of the north the evil [which the prophets had foretold as the result of national sin] shall disclose itself and break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. American Standard Version (1901) Then Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. Common English Bible The LORD said to me, “Trouble will erupt from the north against the people of this land.” Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord said to me: "From the north, an evil will spread over all the inhabitants of the earth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord said to me: From the north shall an evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. |
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou art melted away, O Philistia, all of thee; for there cometh a smoke out of the north, and none standeth aloof at his appointed times.
I have raised up one from the north, and he is come; from the rising of the sun one that calleth upon my name: and he shall come upon rulers as upon mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.
The voice of a rumour, behold it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling place of jackals.
For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have wrought for themselves in provoking me to anger by offering incense unto Baal.
behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and I will send unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall they return hither.
Set up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
Egypt is a very fair heifer; but destruction out of the north is come, it is come.
Thus saith the LORD: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and them that dwell therein: and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
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.
For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.
Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem: for evil looketh forth from the north, and a great destruction.
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
And I looked, and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with a fire infolding itself, and a brightness round about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD Set on the caldron, set it on, and also pour water into it:
but I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, his forepart into the eastern sea, and his hinder part into the western sea; and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
The chariot wherein are the black horses goeth forth toward the north country; and the white went forth after them; and the grisled went forth toward the south country.