Jeremiah 50:3

A nation from the north will arise against it, and make her land a desolation. 1 No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee away. 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2“Report to the nations and cause them to listen. Lift up a signal and cause them to listen. Do not conceal it. 1 Say, 'Babylon is taken. Bel is made ashamed. Marduk is dismayed. Its idols are put to shame; its images are dismayed.' 1

4In those days and at that time—this is Yahweh's declaration—the people of Israel and the people of Judah 1 will come together to go with weeping and seek Yahweh their God. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 12:12Yahweh says this: I will go through the land of Egypt in that night and attack all the firstborn of man and animal in the land of Egypt. I will bring punishment on all the gods of Egypt. I am Yahweh.

Isaiah 13:17Look, I am about to stir up the Medes to attack them, 1 who will not be concerned about silver, nor do they delight in gold. 1

Jeremiah 7:20Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, 'See, my anger and wrath will gush out onto this place, on both man and beast, on the tree in the fields and the fruit on the ground. It will burn and never be extinguished.'

Jeremiah 50:9For see, I am about to set in motion and raise up a group of great nations from the north against Babylon. 1 They will arrange themselves against her. Babylon will be captured from there. 1 Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed. 1

Jeremiah 50:35A sword is against the Chaldeans—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 and against the inhabitants of Babylon, her leaders, and her wise men. 1

Jeremiah 50:41“See, a people is coming from the north; 1 a great nation and many kings 1 are being stirred up from the farthest parts of the earth. 1

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 50:2-9

The Judgment of Babylon. ( b. c. 595.) 1 The word that the Lord spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. 2 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. 3 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,… Read the whole commentary →

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