Jeremiah 6 · Verse 22

Jeremiah 6:22

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.
Jeremiah 6:22, King James Version

Jeremiah 6:22 in other translations

BSBThis 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.
WEBThe LORD says, “Behold, a people comes from the north country. A great nation will be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
ASVThus 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.
YLTThus said Jehovah: Lo, a people hath come from a north country, And a great nation is stirred up from the sides of the earth.
DARBYThus saith Jehovah: Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation is stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
BBEThe 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.
WebsterThus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.

What does Jeremiah 6:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. north ... sides of the earth--The ancients were little acquainted with the north; therefore it is called the remotest regions (as the Hebrew for "sides" ought to be translated, see on Is 14:13) of the earth. The Chaldees are meant (Jr 1:15; 5:15). It is striking that the very same calamities which the Chaldeans had inflicted on Zion are threatened as the retribution to be dealt in turn to themselves by Jehovah (Jr 50:41-43).

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 6:18-30

God rejects their outward services, as worthless to atone for their sins. Sacrifice and incense were to direct them to a Mediator; but when offered to purchase a license to go on in sin, they provoke God. The sins of God's professing people make them an easy prey to their enemies. They dare not show themselves. Saints may rejoice in hope of God's mercies, though they see them only in the promise: sinners must mourn…

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Jeremiah 6:22 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.

כֹּ֚הkohthusH3541
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
הִנֵּ֛הhi.Nehthere!H2009
עַ֥ם'ama peopleH5971
בָּ֖אba'[is] about to comeH935
מֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzfrom a land ofH776
צָפ֑וֹןtza.Fon[the] northH6828
וְג֣וֹיve.Goyand a nationH1471
גָּד֔וֹלga.DolgreatH1419
יֵע֖וֹרye.'orit will be rousedH5782
מִיַּרְכְּתֵי\־mi.yar.ke.tei-from [the] remotest parts ofH3411
אָֽרֶץ\׃'A.retz[the] earthH776

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 6:22

  • Jeremiah 10:22

    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.

  • Jeremiah 50:41-43

    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. 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. The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.

  • Jeremiah 1:14-15

    Then the Lord said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.

  • Jeremiah 25:9

    Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.

  • Jeremiah 5:15

    Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

  • Jeremiah 6:1

    O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth–haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

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a people.
1; 1:14,15; 5:15; 10:22; 25:9; 50:41-43

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Context

  • Jeremiah 6:21

    Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.

  • Jeremiah 6:22

    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.

  • Jeremiah 6:23

    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.

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Jeremiah 6:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Así ha dicho Jehová: He aquí que viene pueblo de tierra del aquilón, y gente grande se levantará de los cantones de la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ainsi dit l’ Éternel: Voici, un peuple vient du pays du nord, et une grande nation se réveille des extrémités de la terre.
German
Elberfelder 1871
So spricht Jehova: Siehe, es kommt ein Volk aus dem Lande des Nordens, und eine große Nation macht sich auf von dem äußersten Ende der Erde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hæc dicit Dominus: Ecce populus venit de terra aquilonis, et gens magna consurget a finibus terræ.