Jeremiah 10:22
in Jeremiah 10Listen! 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.
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ASV
The voice of tidings, behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.
KJV
Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
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This verse in Jeremiah 10
Commentary
4 notes on this verse(Verse 22) A voice of the cry, behold it comes, and a great commotion from the land of the North: to make the cities of Judah desolate, a habitation of dragons (or a den of ostriches). And as Symmachus has interpreted, of sirens: for which in Hebrew, Thannim () is put.
This site's exposition
a great commotion out of the north country
The noise of the bruit, a great commotion out of the north country, is the seething pot of the call vision at 1:13 arriving as fact, the cities of Judah made desolate and a den of dragons describing ruins left to jackals. The north has stood as an unnamed direction across nine chapters, and here for the first time in this stretch the invasion is spoken of as present rather than threatened.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
It now proves too true: A great commotion arises out of the north country, which threatens to make all the cities of Judah desolate and a den of dragons; for they must all expect to be sacrificed to the avarice and fury of the Chaldean army. And what else can that place expect but to be made a den of dragons which has by sin made itself a den of thieves?
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The noise of the bruit is come - How this silly French word bruit, which signifies noise, got in here, I cannot imagine. The simple translation is this: “The voice of the report! behold, it is come; yea, great commotion from the land of the north; (Chaldea); to make the cities of Judea a desolation, a habitation of wild beasts.” That is, the report we had heard of the projected invasion of Judea by Nebuchadnezzar is confirmed. He has entered the land; the Chaldeans are at the doors, and the total desolation of Judea is their sole object.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ק֤וֹל | kol | [the] sound of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| שְׁמוּעָה֙ | shemuah | a report | H8052 → | 27 times |
| הִנֵּ֣ה | hineh | there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| בָאָ֔ה | vaah | [it is] coming | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וְרַ֥עַשׁ | veraash | and a din | H7494 → | |
| גָּד֖וֹל | gadol | great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| מֵאֶ֣רֶץ | meeretz | from a land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| צָפ֑וֹן | tzafon | [the] north | H6828 → | 153 times |
| לָשׂ֞וּם | lasum | to make | H7760 → | 584 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עָרֵ֧י | ʾarei | [the] cities of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| יְהוּדָ֛ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| שְׁמָמָ֖ה | shemamah | a desolation | H8077 → | 57 times |
| מְע֥וֹן | meon | a habitation of | H4583 → | 18 times |
| תַּנִּֽים׃ ס | tanim | jackals | H8577 → | 28 times |
ק֤וֹל[the] sound of
kolH6963 →506 times
שְׁמוּעָה֙a report
shemuahH8052 →27 times
הִנֵּ֣הthere!
hinehH2009 →843 times
בָאָ֔ה[it is] coming
vaahH935 →2568 times
וְרַ֥עַשׁand a din
veraashH7494 →
גָּד֖וֹלgreat
gadolH1419 →526 times
מֵאֶ֣רֶץfrom a land of
meeretzH776 →2504 times
צָפ֑וֹן[the] north
tzafonH6828 →153 times
לָשׂ֞וּםto make
lasumH7760 →584 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עָרֵ֧י[the] cities of
ʾareiH5892 →1090 times
יְהוּדָ֛הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
שְׁמָמָ֖הa desolation
shemamahH8077 →57 times
מְע֥וֹןa habitation of
meonH4583 →18 times
תַּנִּֽים׃ סjackals
tanimH8577 →28 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 5:15Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:49
The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
- Jeremiah 4:16
Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.
- Isaiah 28:11
Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people
- Isaiah 33:19
You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
- Isaiah 5:26
He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!
- Deuteronomy 28:49
Through
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.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 3:14
The Dung Gate was repaired by Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem. He rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
- Nehemiah 3:14
Through
Jeremiah 9:11“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
it leads to
- Isaiah 25:2
Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.
- Isaiah 13:22
Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.
- Isaiah 25:2
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.