Jeremiah 5:15 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁵ “See, I am bringing a nation against you from afar, O house of Yisra’ĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ Behold, I am bringing a nation upon you from afar, O house of Israel, says the Lord. It is a mighty and enduring nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, nor can you understand what they say.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ I am about to bring a distant nation against you, people of Israel, declares the LORD. It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you don’t know, whose speech you won’t understand.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ Behold, O house of Israel, I will lead over you a far away nation, says the Lord, a robust nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you will not know, nor will you understand what they are saying.

Jeremiah 5:15 Cross References

Genesis 11:7

“Come, let Us go there and confuse their language, so that they do not understand one another’s speech.”

Psalm 81:5

He appointed it in Yehosĕ

Isaiah 28:11

For with a jabbering lip and a foreign tongue He speaks to this people,

Isaiah 29:3

“And I shall encamp against you all around, I shall lay siege against you with a mound, and I shall raise siege-works against you.

Isaiah 29:6

You shall be visited by יהוה  of hosts with thunder and earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and storm, and flame of devouring fire.

Isaiah 33:19

No longer shall you see a fierce people, a people of too deep a lip to hear, of a jabbering tongue no one understands.

Isaiah 39:3

And Yeshayahu the prophet went to Sovereign Ḥ

Isaiah 5:26

And He shall lift up a banner to the nations from afar, and shall whistle to them from the end of the earth. And see, they come with speed, swiftly!

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of יהוה  of hosts is the house of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 1:15

“For look, I am calling all the clans of the reigns of the north,” declares יהוה. “And they shall come and each one set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Yerushalayim, against all its walls all around, and against all the cities of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 2:26

“As the thief is ashamed when he is found out, so is the house of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 25:9

see, I am sending and taking all the tribes of the north,’ declares יהוה, ‘and Neḇ

Jeremiah 4:16

“Announce to the nations, look, proclaim against Yerushalayim, that besiegers are coming from a distant land and raise their voice against the cities of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 5:11

“For the house of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 6:22

Thus said יהוה, “See, a people shall come from the land of the north, and a great nation is stirred up from the farthest parts of the earth,

Jeremiah 9:26

“Mitsrayim, and Yehuḏ

Ezekiel 18:31

“Cast away from you all the transgressions, by which you have transgressed, and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Yisra’ĕ

Daniel 1:4

young men in whom there was no blemish, but good-looking, having insight in all wisdom, having knowledge and understanding learning, capable to stand in the sovereign’s palace, and to teach them the writing and speech of the Chaldeans.

Daniel 7:7

“After this I looked in the night visions and saw a fourth beast, fearsome and burly, exceedingly strong. And it had great iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and trampled down the rest with its feet. And it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.

Amos 6:14

“For look, I am raising up a nation against you, O house of Yisra’ĕ

Habakkuk 3:16

I heard, and my body trembled, My lips quivered at the sound, Rottenness came into my bones. And I trembled within myself, That I might rest for the day of distress, To come upon the people who would attack us.

1 Corinthians 14:21

In the Torah it has been written, “With men of other tongues and other lips I shall speak to this people. And even so, they shall not hear Me, says יהוה.”

Deuteronomy 28:33

“A people whom you have not known eat the fruit of your land and all your labours. And you shall be only oppressed and crushed all the days.

Deuteronomy 28:49

“יהוה  brings a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you shall not understand,