Bible Strands
Jeremiah 6:22
This 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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks through Jeremiah to Judah, delivering the warning immediately after describing how He will place stumbling blocks that cause fathers, sons, friends, and neighbors to perish.
The words — The Hebrew הִנֵּ֛ה (hi.Neh) functions as a declarative "behold," and עַ֥ם ('am) literally denotes a "people" or organized military force.
The thread — The northern invasion motif appears in Jeremiah 1:14, Jeremiah 10:22, and Jeremiah 50:41, consistently tracking a mobilized army advancing from the north.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to acknowledge an imminent, divinely initiated judgment that overrides political alliances or military preparations.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 10:22 Listen! The sound of a report is coming—a great commotion from the land to the north. It will make the cities of Judah a desolation, a haunt for jackals.
- Jeremiah 50:41 Behold, an army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are stirred up from the ends of the earth.
- Jeremiah 1:14 Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.
- Jeremiah 5:15 Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
- Jeremiah 6:1 “Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.
- Jeremiah 25:9 behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.