For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. Treasury of Scripture out of the
The Medes who formed the greatest part of the army of Cyrus Media lay N.E. of Babylon Jeremiah 50:9,41 For, see, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country... Jeremiah 51:11,27,48 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes... Isaiah 13:5,17,18,20 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land... which Jeremiah 50:12,13,35-40 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bore you shall be ashamed: behold, the last of the nations shall be a wilderness... Jeremiah 51:8,9,25,26,37-44,62 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed... Isaiah 13:6-10,19-22 Howl you; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty... Isaiah 14:22-24 For I will rise up against them, said the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew... Revelation 18:21-23 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying... both Jeremiah 7:20 Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, my anger and my fury shall be poured out on this place, on man, and on beast... Jeremiah 21:6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. Genesis 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing... Exodus 12:12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast... Zephaniah 1:3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea...
Context The Judgment on Babylon
1The word that the LORD spoke against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. 2Declare you among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. 3For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and beast.
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.
Darby Bible Translation
For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: both man and beast are fled; they are gone.
King James Bible
For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
Young's Literal Translation
For come up against her hath a nation from the north, It maketh her land become a desolation, And there is not an inhabitant in it. From man even unto beast, They have moved, they have gone.
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