Jeremiah 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 men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
KJV
Hæc dicit Dominus : Ecce aquæ ascendunt ab aquilone, et erunt quasi torrens inundans, et operient terram et plenitudinem ejus, urbem et habitatores ejus. Clamabunt homines, et ululabunt omnes habitatores terræ,
Vulgate
Καὶ ἔλαβεν αὐτὸν ὁ ἀρχιμάγειρος καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Κύριος ὁ θεός σου ἐλάλησεν τὰ κακὰ ταῦτα ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον τοῦτον,
LXX
Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and them that dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.
ASV
כֹּ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה הִנֵּה מַ֜יִם עֹלִ֤ים מִ/צָּפוֹן֙ וְ/הָיוּ֙ לְ/נַ֣חַל שׁוֹטֵ֔ף וְ/יִשְׁטְפוּ֙ אֶ֣רֶץ וּ/מְלוֹאָ֔/הּ עִ֖יר וְ/יֹ֣שְׁבֵי בָ֑/הּ וְ/זָֽעֲקוּ֙ הָֽ/אָדָ֔ם וְ/הֵילִ֕ל כֹּ֖ל יוֹשֵׁ֥ב הָ/אָֽרֶץ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 8:7 — Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all
- Isa 15:2 — He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
- Jer 1:14 — Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
- Jer 8:16 — The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city,
- Jer 46:7 — Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
- Jer 46:20 — Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
- Jer 46:20 — Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.