The Call of Jeremiah
Jeremiah 1:14
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in 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.shall…: Heb. shall be opened
- WEB
- Then Yahweh said to me, “Out of the north, evil will break out on all the inhabitants of the land.
- ASV
- Then Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
- LSV
- And YHWH says to me, “From the north the evil is loosed against all inhabitants of the land.
- YLT
- And Jehovah saith unto me, 'From the north is the evil loosed against all inhabitants of the land.
- DBY
- And Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north shall evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
- DRC
- And the Lord said to me: from the north shall an evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
- GNV
- Then saide the Lord vnto me, Out of the North shall a plague be spred vpon all the inhabitants of the land.
- JPS
- Then the LORD said unto me: 'Out of the north the evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
- LXXE
- And the Lord said to me, From the north shall flame forth evils upon all the inhabitants of the land.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֵלָ֑י מִצָּפוֹן֙ תִּפָּתַ֣ח הָרָעָ֔ה עַ֥ל כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵ֖י הָאָֽרֶץ׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς μὲ, ἀπὸ προσώπου Βοῤῥᾶ ἐκκαυθήσεται τὰ κακὰ ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς κατοικοῦντας τὴν γῆν.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Jeremiah 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.
- Isaiah 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.
- Jeremiah 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.
- Jeremiah 4:6Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.
- Jeremiah 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…
- Jeremiah 50:41Behold, an army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are stirred up from the ends of the earth.
- Jeremiah 46:20Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly from the north is coming against her.
- Ezekiel 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,
- Jeremiah 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!
- Jeremiah 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.
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