Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Behold a people cometh from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall rise from the ends of the earth. Jeremiah 50:2,3,9 Declare ye among the nations, and publish it, lift up a standard: proclaim, and conceal it not: say: Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is overthrown, their graven things are confounded, their idols are overthrown. . . . Jeremiah 6:22,23 Thus saith the Lord: Behold a people cometh from the land of the north, and a great nation shall rise up from the ends of the earth. . . . Jeremiah 25:14 For they have served them, whereas they were many nations, and great kings: and I will repay them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their hands. Jeremiah 51:1,2,11,27,28 Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will raise up as it were a pestilential wind against Babylon and against the inhabitants thereof, who have lifted up their heart against me. . . . Isaiah 13:2-5,17,18 Upon the dark mountain lift ye up a banner, exalt the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers go into the gates. . . . Revelation 17:16 And the ten horns which thou sawest in the beast: These shall hate the harlot and shall make her desolate and naked and shall eat her flesh and shall burn her with fire. Context The Destruction of Babylon…40As the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha, and their neighbour cities, saith the Lord: no man shall dwell there, neither shall the son of man inhabit it. 41Behold a people cometh from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall rise from the ends of the earth.42They shall take the bow and the shield: they are cruel and unmerciful: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses: like a man prepared for battle against thee, O daughter of Babylon.… Cross References Isaiah 13:2 Upon the dark mountain lift ye up a banner, exalt the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers go into the gates. Jeremiah 6:22 Thus saith the Lord: Behold a people cometh from the land of the north, and a great nation shall rise up from the ends of the earth. Jeremiah 25:14 For they have served them, whereas they were many nations, and great kings: and I will repay them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their hands. Jeremiah 50:3 For a nation is come up against her out of the north, which shall make her land desolate: and there shall be none to dwell therein, from man even to beast: yea they are removed, and gone away. Jeremiah 50:9 For behold I raise up, and will bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north: and they shall be prepared against her, and from thence she shall be taken: their arrows, like those of a mighty man, a destroyer, shall not return in vain. Jeremiah 51:27 Set ye up a standard in the land: sound with the trumpet among the nations: prepare the nations against her: call together against her the kings of Ararat, Menni, and Ascenez: number Taphsar against her, bring the horse as the stinging locust. Jeremiah 51:28 Prepare the nations against her, the kings of Media, their captains, and all their rulers, and all the land of their dominion. Daniel 5:26 And this is the interpretation of the word. MANE: God hath numbered thy kingdom, and hath finished it. Lexicon Behold!הִנֵּ֛ה (hin·nêh) Interjection Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold! A people עַ֥ם (‘am) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock comes בָּ֖א (bā) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go from the north. מִצָּפ֑וֹן (miṣ·ṣā·p̄ō·wn) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6828: Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter A great גָּדוֹל֙ (gā·ḏō·wl) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent nation וְג֤וֹי (wə·ḡō·w) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts and many רַבִּ֔ים (rab·bîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7227: Much, many, great kings וּמְלָכִ֣ים (ū·mə·lā·ḵîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king will be stirred up יֵעֹ֖רוּ (yê·‘ō·rū) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5782: To rouse oneself, awake from the remote regions מִיַּרְכְּתֵי־ (mî·yar·kə·ṯê-) Preposition-m | Noun - fdc Strong's Hebrew 3411: Flank, side, extreme parts, recesses of the earth. אָֽרֶץ׃ (’ā·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land Additional Translations Behold! A people comes from the north. A great nation and many kings will be stirred up from the remote regions of the earth.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. Behold, a people cometh from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth. Behold, a people comes from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be stirred up from the end of the earth; holding bow and dagger: Behold, a people cometh from the north, and a great nation. And many kings shall arise from the uttermost parts of the earth. Behold, a people cometh from the north; and a great nation, and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth. Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the borders of the earth. Behold, a people comes from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth. Lo, a people hath come from the north, Even a great nation, And many kings are stirred up from the sides of the earth. 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