Jeremiah 50:41

41 “Look! An army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are being stirred up from the ends of the earth.

Jeremiah 50:41 in Other Translations

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.

41 "Behold, a people comes from the north; a mighty nation and many kings are stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.

41 “Look! A great army is coming from the north. A great nation and many kings are rising against you from far-off lands.

41 "And now, watch this! People pouring out of the north, hordes of people, A mob of kings stirred up from far-off places.

41 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.

41 "People are going to come from the north. A great nation and many kings will rise from the ends of the earth.

41 Look! A people comes from the north. A great nation and many kings will be stirred up from the remote regions of the earth.

41 "Look! An army is coming from the north. I am stirring up a great nation and many kings. They are coming from a land that is very far away.

Jeremiah 50:41 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 50:41

Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great
nation
The Modes and Persians, whose country lay north of Babylon: (See Gill on Jeremiah 50:9); and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth;
the kings of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz, ( Jeremiah 51:27 ) ; and of the Armenians and other nations that Cyrus had subdued and brought with him in his army against Babylon, as Xenophon ^F19 relates. Ten kings shall be raised up against mystical Babylon, and hate her, and burn her with fire, ( Revelation 17:12 Revelation 17:16 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 Cyropaedia, l. 5. c. 15.

Jeremiah 50:41 In-Context

39 “So desert creatures and hyenas will live there, and there the owl will dwell. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.

40 As I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighboring towns,” declares the LORD, “so no one will live there; no people will dwell in it.

41 “Look! An army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are being stirred up from the ends of the earth.

42 They are armed with bows and spears; they are cruel and without mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride on their horses; they come like men in battle formation to attack you, Daughter Babylon.

43 The king of Babylon has heard reports about them, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.

Cross References

• 1. S ver 26; S Isaiah 41:25; Jeremiah 6:22
• 2. S Isaiah 13:17
• 3. S Isaiah 13:4; Jeremiah 51:22-28