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Jeremiah 50:3

For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.”

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ASV

For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and beast.

KJV

For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
עָלָה֩'a.Lahit will go upH5927 →
עָלֶ֨יהָ'a.Lei.haon itH5921 →
גּ֜וֹיGoya nationH1471 →
מִצָּפ֗וֹןmi.tza.Fonfrom [the] northH6828 →
הֽוּא־hu'-itH1931 →
יָשִׁ֤יתya.Shitit will makeH7896 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אַרְצָהּ֙'ar.Tzahland itsH776 →
לְשַׁמָּ֔הle.sha.Mahinto a wasteH8047 →
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
יִהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehhe will beH1961 →
יוֹשֵׁ֖בyo.Shevan inhabitantH3427 →
בָּ֑הּBahin <the> it
מֵאָדָ֥םme.'a.Damfrom humankindH120 →
וְעַד־ve.'ad-and untoH5704 →
בְּהֵמָ֖הbe.he.Mahanimal[s]H929 →
נָ֥דוּNa.duthey will take flightH5110 →
הָלָֽכוּ׃ha.La.khuthey will goH1980 →

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Zephaniah 1:3“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 51:11Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple.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 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.Jeremiah 51:62and say, ‘O LORD, You have promised to cut off this place so that no one will remain—neither man nor beast. Indeed, it will be desolate forever.’Isaiah 13:20She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.Isaiah 14:22–24“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 51:37–44Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.Jeremiah 7:20Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.Isaiah 13:17–22Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.Genesis 6:7So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”Jeremiah 50:12–13your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.Jeremiah 21:6I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’Jeremiah 51:8–9Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.Jeremiah 51:25–27“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.Isaiah 13:5–10They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.Revelation 18:21–23Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.Exodus 12:12On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.

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