Jeremiah 47:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Thus says the Lord: Behold, waters are rising out of the north and shall become an overflowing stream and shall overflow the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell in it. Then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land [of Philistia] shall wail.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Thus saith Jehovah: 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 wail.

Common English Bible

² The LORD proclaims: Waters are rising from the north and turning into a raging flood. They will engulf the land and everything in it, the towns and those living in them. The people cry out; all who live there scream.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Thus says the Lord: "Behold, waters will rise up from the north, and they will be like an inundating torrent, and they will cover the land and its plenitude, the city and its inhabitants. The men will cry out, and all the inhabitants of the land will wail,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Thus saith the Lord: Behold, there come up waters out of the north, and they shall be as an overflowing torrent. And they shall cover the land, and all that is therein, the city and the inhabitants thereof. Then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl,

Jeremiah 47:2 Cross References

Psalm 24:1

The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein.

Psalm 50:12

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

Psalm 96:11

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;

Psalm 98:7

Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein;

Isaiah 14:31

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.

Isaiah 15:8

For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim.

Isaiah 22:1

The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

Isaiah 28:17

And I will make judgement the line, and righteousness the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

Isaiah 59:19

So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun: for he shall come as a rushing stream, which the breath of the LORD driveth.

Jeremiah 1:14

Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

Jeremiah 46:12

The nations have heard of thy shame, and the earth is full of thy cry: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.

Jeremiah 46:13

The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.

Jeremiah 46:20

Egypt is a very fair heifer; but destruction out of the north is come, it is come.

Jeremiah 46:24

The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

Jeremiah 48:39

How is it broken down! how do they howl! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a dismaying to all that are round about him.

Jeremiah 6:22

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.

Jeremiah 8:16

The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembleth; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those that dwell therein.

Daniel 11:22

And with the arms of a flood shall they be swept away from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.

Nahum 1:8

But with an overrunning flood he will make a full end of the place thereof, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

1 Corinthians 10:26

for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.

1 Corinthians 10:28

But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, eat not, for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake:

James 5:1

Go to now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.

Revelation 17:1

And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls, and spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the judgement of the great harlot that sitteth upon many waters;

Revelation 17:15

And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.