Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then Yahweh said to me, “Out of the north, evil will break out on all the inhabitants of the land.
- KJV Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
- NKJV Then the Lord said to me: “Out of the north calamity shall break forth On all the inhabitants of the land.
- NASB Then the Lord said to me, “Out of the north the evil will be unleashed on all the inhabitants of the land.
- NLT “Yes,” the Lord said, “for terror from the north will boil out on the people of this land.
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Quick answer
God interprets the vision: disaster will burst from the north on the land. Judgment is announced as imminent.
Overview
Yahweh explains that evil will break out from the north upon all the land's inhabitants. The looming threat is the armies that would descend on Judah for its covenant unfaithfulness. The warning shows that God's patience has limits and that persistent sin invites judgment.
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Cross-references · 10
- Jer 6:1“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.
- Jer 4:6Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.
- Jer 10:22Listen! The sound of a report is coming—a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made a desolation, a haunt for jackals.
- Isa 41:25I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.
- Jer 50:9For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.
- Jer 6:22This is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth.
- Jer 31:8Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!
- Jer 50:41Behold, an army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are stirred up from the ends of the earth.
- Jer 46:20Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly from the north is coming against her.
- Ezek 1:4I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber,
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