King James Version
Jeremiah 50:41 in the King James Version says “Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 50 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Jeremiah 50:41 · KJV
Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
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.
They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Behold a people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“from the north”
H6828properly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
“nation”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
“from the coasts”
H3411properly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess
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