jeremiah 50:41 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 50:41

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Behold, a people is coming from the north, And a great nation and many kings Will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— 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.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the borders of the earth.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Behold, a people cometh from the north, and a great nation. And many kings shall arise from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Lo! a people coming in from the North,—Yea, a great nation, and many kings, shall be roused up out of the remote parts of the earth:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Lo, a people hath come from the north, Even a great nation, And many kings are stirred up from the sides of the earth.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Behold a people cometh from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall rise from the ends of the earth.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— 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.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Behold, a people shall come from the North, and a great nation, and many kings shall bee raised vp from the coasts of the earth.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Behold, a people is coming from the north, a great nation, and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Behold, a people comes from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be stirred up from the end of the earth; holding bow and dagger:
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— 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.

Behold, x2009

(2009) Complement
הִנֵּה
hinneh
{hin-nay'}

Prolonged for H2005; lo!.

a people 5971

{5971} Prime
עַם
`am
{am}

From H6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock.

shall come 935

{0935} Prime
בּוֹא
bow'
{bo}

A primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications).

z8802

<8802> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386

from the north, 6828

{6828} Prime
צָפוֹן
tsaphown
{tsaw-fone'}

From H6845; properly hidden, that is, dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown).

x4480

(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}

For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.

and a great 1419

{1419} Prime
גָּדוֹל
gadowl
{gaw-dole'}

From H1431; great (in any sense); hence older; also insolent.

nation, 1471

{1471} Prime
גּוֹי
gowy
{go'-ee}

Apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.

and many 7227

{7227} Prime
רַב
rab
{rab}

By contraction from H7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality).

kings 4428

{4428} Prime
מֶּלֶךְ
melek
{meh'-lek}

From H4427; a king.

shall be raised up 5782

{5782} Prime
עוּר
`uwr
{oor}

A primitive root (rather identical with H5783 through the idea of opening the eyes); to wake (literally or figuratively).

z8735

<8735> Grammar

Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 1602

from the coasts 3411

{3411} Prime
יַרְכָה
y@rekah
{yer-ay-kaw'}

Feminine of H3409; properly the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess.

x4480

(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}

For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.

of the earth. 776

{0776} Prime
אֶרֶץ
'erets
{eh'-rets}

From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).

Jeremiah 50:41-43

_ _ (Compare Jeremiah 6:22-24). The very language used to describe the calamities which Babylon inflicted on Zion is that here employed to describe Babylon’s own calamity inflicted by the Medes. Retribution in kind.

_ _ kinds — the allies and satraps of the various provinces of the Medo-Persian empire: Armenia, Hyrcania, Lydia, etc.

_ _ coasts — the remote parts.

See commentary on Jeremiah 50:33-46.

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Jeremiah 50:41

Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from ^(c) the ends of the earth.

^(c) Meaning, that the Persians would gather their army from many nations.

Jeremiah 50:2-3 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, [and] conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. ... For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.

Jeremiah 50:9 For, lo, I will raise 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 a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.

Jeremiah 6:22-23 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth. ... They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they [are] cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

Jeremiah 25:14 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.

Jeremiah 51:1-2 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; ... And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.

Jeremiah 51:11 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device [is] against Babylon, to destroy it; because it [is] the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.

Jeremiah 51:27-28 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers. ... Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.

Isaiah 13:2-5 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. ... They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, [even] the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

Isaiah 13:17-18 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and [as for] gold, they shall not delight in it. ... [Their] bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

Revelation 17:16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

Is 13:2, 17. Jr 6:22; 25:14; 50:2, 9; 51:1, 11, 27. Rv 17:16.