Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
This is what the Lord says:
a great nation will be awakened
from the remote regions of the earth.
New American Standard Bible
“Behold,
And a great nation will be aroused from the
King James Version
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.
International Standard Version
This is what the LORD says: "Look, people are coming from a northern country. A great nation is stirring from the ends of the earth.
A Conservative Version
Thus says LORD, Behold, a people comes from the north country, and a great nation shall be stirred up from the outermost parts of the earth.
American Standard Version
Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, a people cometh from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Amplified
Thus says the Lord,
“Behold, a people is coming from the north country,
And a great nation shall be stirred up and put into action from the remote parts of the earth.
Bible in Basic English
The Lord has said, See, a people is coming from the north country, a great nation will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth.
Darby Translation
Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation is stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Julia Smith Translation
Thus said Jehovah, Behold, a people coming from the land of the north, and a great nation shall be raised up from the thighs of the earth.
King James 2000
Thus says the LORD, Behold, a people comes from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the ends of the earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Thus says Yahweh: "Look, a people [is] coming from [the] land of [the] north, a great nation is woken up from [the] farthest part of [the] earth.
Modern King James verseion
So says Jehovah, Behold, a people comes from the north country, and a great nation shall be stirred from the sides of the earth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD, "Behold, there shall come a people from the North, and a great people shall arise from the ends of the earth;
NET Bible
"This is what the Lord says: 'Beware! An army is coming from a land in the north. A mighty nation is stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth.
New Heart English Bible
"Thus says the LORD, 'Behold, a people comes from the north country. A great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
The Emphasized Bible
Thus, saith Yahweh, Lo! a people coming in from the land of the North, - Yea a great nation, shall be stirred up out of the remote parts of the earth:
Webster
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.
World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh, "Behold, a people comes from the north country. A great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thus said Jehovah: Lo, a people hath come from a north country, And a great nation is stirred up from the sides of the earth.
Themes
Chosen Instruments » Of judgment
The Nation » Imprisonment mutilations » Instruments of judgment sent against sinful nation
Interlinear
Tsaphown
'erets
`uwr
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 6:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cruel Nation From The North
21
I am going to place stumbling blocks before these people;
fathers and sons together will stumble over them;
friends and neighbors will also perish.
a great nation will be awakened
from the remote regions of the earth.
They are cruel and show no mercy.
Their voice roars like the sea,
and they ride on horses,
lined up like men in battle formation
against you, Daughter Zion.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 10:22
a great commotion
The cities of Judah will be made desolate,
a jackals’ den.
Jeremiah 50:41-43
A great nation and many kings will be stirred up
from the remote regions of the earth.
Jeremiah 1:14-15
Then the Lord said to me, “Disaster will be poured out
Jeremiah 5:15
from far away against you,
house of Israel.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
It is an established nation,
an ancient nation,
a nation whose language you do not know
and whose speech you do not understand.
Jeremiah 6:1
out of Jerusalem!
Sound the ram’s horn
raise a smoke signal
for disaster threatens from the north,
even great destruction.
Jeremiah 25:9
I am going to send for all the families of the north’