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Jeremiah 1:14

Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

KJV

Et dixit Dominus ad me : Ab aquilone pandetur malum super omnes habitatores terræ :

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Κύριος πρὸς μέ Ἀπὸ προσώπου βορρᾶ ἐκκαυθήσεται τὰ κακὰ ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς κατοικοῦντας τὴν γῆν.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֵלָ֑/י מִ/צָּפוֹן֙ תִּפָּתַ֣ח הָ/רָעָ֔ה עַ֥ל כָּל יֹשְׁבֵ֖י הָ/אָֽרֶץ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
ה
h
noun · 153×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יִּפְתַּ֖ח
yptch
verb · 144×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 14:31 — Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
  • Isa 41:25 — I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
  • Jer 4:6 — Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
  • Jer 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 Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and g
  • Jer 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.
  • Jer 13:20 — Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
  • Jer 46:20 — Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
  • Jer 47:2 — Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the m
  • Zech 6:6 — The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country.