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Jeremiah 1:14

Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.

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ASV

Then Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon 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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֵלָ֑י'e.Laito meH413 →
מִצָּפוֹן֙mi.tza.fOnfrom [the] northH6828 →
תִּפָּתַ֣חti.pa.Tachit will be let looseH6605 →
הָרָעָ֔הha.ra.'Ah<the> calamityH7451 →
עַ֥ל'alonH5921 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
יֹשְׁבֵ֖יyo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzthe landH776 →

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Isaiah 14:31Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.Jeremiah 13:20Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?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.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 4:6Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.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.Jeremiah 47:2This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wailJeremiah 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.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 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.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.Jeremiah 46:6“The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.Zechariah 2:6“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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