Jeremiah 50 · Verse 41

Jeremiah 50:41

Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
Jeremiah 50:41, King James Version

Jeremiah 50:41 in other translations

BSBBehold, an army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are stirred up from the ends of the earth.
WEB“Behold, a people comes from the north. A great nation and many kings will be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
ASVBehold, a people cometh from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
YLTLo, a people hath come from the north, Even a great nation, And many kings are stirred up from the sides of the earth.
DARBYBehold, a people cometh from the north, and a great nation. And many kings shall arise from the uttermost parts of the earth.
BBESee, a people is coming from the north; a great nation and a number of kings will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth.
WebsterBehold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the borders of the earth.

What does Jeremiah 50:41 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 50:41-43
41-43. (Compare Jr 6:22-24). The very language used to describe the calamities which Babylon inflicted on Zion is that here employed to describe Babylon's own calamity inflicted by the Medes. Retribution in kind. kinds--the allies and satraps of the various provinces of the Medo-Persian empire: Armenia, Hyrcania, Lydia, &c. coasts--the remote parts.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 41 Behold, a people shall come from the north - This and the two following verses are nearly the same with Jer 6:22-24. But here, destroyers against Babylon are intended; there, destroyers against Jerusalem.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 50:33-46

It is Israel's comfort in distress, that, though they are weak, their Redeemer is strong. This may be applied to believers, who complain of the dominion of sin and corruption, and of their own weakness and manifold infirmities. Their Redeemer is able to keep what they commit to him; and sin shall not have dominion over them. He will give them that rest which remains for the people of God. Also here is Babylon's sin…

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Jeremiah 50:41 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הִנֵּ֛הhi.Nehthere!H2009
עַ֥ם'ama peopleH5971
בָּ֖אba'[is] about to comeH935
מִצָּפ֑וֹןmi.tza.Fonfrom [the] northH6828
וְג֤וֹיve.Goyand a nationH1471
גָּדוֹל֙ga.dOlgreatH1419
וּמְלָכִ֣יםu.me.la.Khimand kingsH4428
רַבִּ֔יםra.BimmanyH7227
יֵעֹ֖רוּye.'O.ruthey will be rousedH5782
מִיַּרְכְּתֵי\־mi.yar.ke.tei-from [the] remotest parts ofH3411
אָֽרֶץ\׃'A.retz[the] earthH776

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Cross references for Jeremiah 50:41

  • Jeremiah 51:27-28

    Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers. Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.

  • Isaiah 13:2-5

    Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

  • Jeremiah 50:9

    For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.

  • Jeremiah 6:22-23

    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. They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

  • Revelation 17:16

    And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

  • Isaiah 13:17-18

    Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

  • Jeremiah 25:14

    For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.

  • Jeremiah 51:11

    Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.

  • Jeremiah 50:2-3

    Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. 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.

  • Jeremiah 51:1-2

    Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2,3,9; 6:22,23; 25:14; 51:1,2,11,27,28; Isa 13:2-5,17,18; Re 17:16

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Context

  • Jeremiah 50:40

    As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

  • Jeremiah 50:41

    Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

  • Jeremiah 50:42

    They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

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Jeremiah 50:41 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		He aquí viene un pueblo del aquilón; y una nación grande, y muchos reyes se levantarán de los lados de la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Voici, un peuple vient du nord, et une grande nation et beaucoup de rois se réveillent des extrémités de la terre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Siehe, es kommt ein Volk von Norden her, und eine große Nation und viele Könige machen sich auf von dem äußersten Ende der Erde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ecce populus venit ab aquilone, et gens magna, et reges multi consurgent a finibus terræ.