Wail, you gates! Cry out, city! Tremble with fear, all Philistia! For a cloud of dust is coming from the north, and there is no one missing from the invader’s ranks.
Jeremiah 1:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then the Lord said to me, ‘Disaster will be poured out from the north on all who live in the land. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Wail, you gates! Cry out, city! Tremble with fear, all Philistia! For a cloud of dust is coming from the north, and there is no one missing from the invader’s ranks.
‘I have stirred up one from the north, and he has come, one from the east who invokes my name. He will march over rulers as if they were mud, like a potter who treads the clay.
Listen! A noise #– #it is coming – a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made desolate, a jackals’ den.
‘The Lord of Armies who planted you has decreed disaster against you, because of the disaster the house of Israel and the house of Judah brought on themselves when they angered me by burning incense to Baal.’
I am going to send for all the families of the north” #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #”and send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all these surrounding nations, and I will completely destroy them and make them an example of horror and scorn, and ruins for ever.
Watch! I am going to bring them from the northern land. I will gather them from remote regions of the earth – the blind and the lame will be with them, along with those who are pregnant and those about to give birth. They will return here as a great assembly!
Lift up a signal flag towards Zion. Run for cover! Don’t stand still! For I am bringing disaster from the north – a crushing blow.
Egypt is a beautiful young cow, but a horsefly from the north is coming against her. ,
This is what the Lord says: Look, water is rising from the north and becoming an overflowing wadi. It will overflow the land and everything in it, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and every inhabitant of the land will wail.
Look! A people comes from the north. A great nation and many kings will be stirred up from the remote regions of the earth.
For I will soon stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country. They will line up in battle formation against her; from there she will be captured. Their arrows will be like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.
‘Run for cover out of Jerusalem, Benjaminites. Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; raise a smoke signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster threatens from the north, even a crushing blow.
This is what the Lord says: Look, an army is coming from a northern land; a great nation will be stirred up from the remote regions of the earth.
I looked, and there was a whirlwind coming from the north, a huge cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the centre of the fire, there was a gleam like amber.
Now speak a parable to the rebellious house. Tell them, “This is what the Lord God says: Put the pot on the fire – put it on, and then pour water into it!
I will drive the northerner far from you and banish him to a dry and desolate land, his front ranks into the Dead Sea, and his rear guard into the Mediterranean Sea. His stench will rise; yes, his rotten smell will rise, for he has done astonishing things.
The one with the black horses is going to the land of the north, the white horses are going after them, but the dappled horses are going to the land of the south.’