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No one will live in it; both people and animals will flee away. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/50.htm">New Living Translation</a> For a nation will attack her from the north and bring such destruction that no one will live there again. Everything will be gone; both people and animals will flee. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/50.htm">English Standard Version</a> “For out of the north a nation has come up against her, which shall make her land a desolation, and none shall dwell in it; both man and beast shall flee away. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.” <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/50.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/50.htm">New King James Version</a> For out of the north a nation comes up against her, Which shall make her land desolate, And no one shall dwell therein. They shall move, they shall depart, Both man and beast. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/50.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For a nation has come up against her from the north; it will make her land an object of horror, and there will be no inhabitant in it. Whether people or animals, they have wandered off, they have gone! <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/50.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220For a nation has come up against her out of the north; it will make her land an object of horror, and there will be no inhabitant in it. Both man and beast have wandered off, they have gone away! <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/50.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “For a nation has come up against her out of the north; it will make her land an object of horror, and there will be no inhabitant in it. Both man and beast have wandered off, they have gone away! <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For a nation has come up against her out of the north; it will make her land an object of horror, and there will be no inhabitant in it. Both man and beast have wandered off; they have gone away! <a href="/amp/jeremiah/50.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For out of the north a nation (Media) has come against her which will make her land desolate, and no one will live there. They have fled, they have gone away—both man and animal. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/50.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For a nation from the north will attack her; it will make her land desolate. No one will be living in it — both people and animals will escape. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land desolate. No one will be living in it— both man and beast will escape. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/50.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/50.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The attack on the Babylonians will come from the north; they and their animals will run, leaving the land empty. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/50.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/50.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> A nation from the north will attack Babylon and destroy its land so that no one will live in it. People and animals will run away. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/50.htm">Good News Translation</a> "A nation from the north has come to attack Babylonia and will make it a desert. People and animals will run away, and no one will live there." <a href="/isv/jeremiah/50.htm">International Standard Version</a> For a nation from the north will go up against her. It will make her land into an object of horror, and no one will live in it. Both people and animals will wander off, and they'll leave. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/50.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.? <a href="/net/jeremiah/50.htm">NET Bible</a> For a nation from the north will attack Babylon. It will lay her land waste. People and animals will flee out of it. No one will inhabit it.' <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/50.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell in it: they are fled, they are gone, both man and animal. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/50.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For out of the north there cometh a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell in it, they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. <a href="/web/jeremiah/50.htm">World English Bible</a> For a nation comes up out of the north against her, which will make her land desolate, and no one will dwell in it. They have fled. They are gone, both man and animal. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/50.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> For a nation from the north has come up against her, "" It makes her land become a desolation, "" And there is not an inhabitant in it. From man even to beast, "" They have moved, they have gone. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/50.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/50.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For a nation came up from the north against her; it shall set her land for a desolation, and none shall be dwelling in her: from man and even to beast they moved, and they went.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/50.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> 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. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/50.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For a nation has ascended against her from the north, which will set her land in desolation. And there will be no one who may live within it, from man even to beast. For they have been removed and have gone away. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/50.htm">New American Bible</a> A nation from the north advances against it, making the land desolate So that no one can live there; human beings and animals have fled. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/50.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For out of the north a nation has come up against her; it shall make her land a desolation, and no one shall live in it; both human beings and animals shall flee away.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/50.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For out of the north there comes up a nation against her which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell in it; they shall flee, they shall depart, both man and beast. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/50.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because the people from the North comes upon her. It shall make her land a wilderness, and not one dwelling of the children of man shall be in it, nor for beast; they broke away and they left<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/50.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/50.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> For a nation has come up against her from the north, he shall utterly ravage her land, and there shall be none to dwell in it, neither man nor beast. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/50-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=15240" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Prophecies against Babylon</a> …2“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’ 3<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: gō·w (N-ms) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">a nation</a> <a href="/hebrew/6828.htm" title="6828: miṣ·ṣā·p̄ō·wn (Prep-m:: N-fs) -- North. Or tsaphon; from tsaphan; properly, hidden, i.e. Dark; used only of the north as a quarter.">from the north</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ‘ā·lāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">will come</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against her;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū- (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">it</a> <a href="/hebrew/7896.htm" title="7896: yā·šîṯ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To put, set. A primitive root; to place.">will make</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ar·ṣāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">her land</a> <a href="/hebrew/8047.htm" title="8047: lə·šam·māh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Waste, horror. From shamem; ruin; by implication, consternation.">a desolation.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">No one</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·wō·šêḇ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">will live</a> <a href="/hebrew/bāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">in it;</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: mê·’ā·ḏām (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">both man</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: wə·‘aḏ- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: bə·hê·māh (N-fs) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal.">beast</a> <a href="/hebrew/5110.htm" title="5110: nā·ḏū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to nod, i.e. Waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also, to console, deplore, or taunt.">will flee.”</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hā·lā·ḵū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk."></a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/13-17.htm">Isaiah 13:17-19</a> Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold. / Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children. / And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. <a href="/isaiah/21-2.htm">Isaiah 21:2</a> A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.” <a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1-3</a> “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. / Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. / Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.” <a href="/jeremiah/51-11.htm">Jeremiah 51:11</a> Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple. <a href="/jeremiah/51-27.htm">Jeremiah 51:27-28</a> “Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts. / Prepare the nations for battle against her—the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule. <a href="/daniel/5-28.htm">Daniel 5:28-31</a> PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.” / Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the third highest ruler in the kingdom. / That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain, ... <a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2-3</a> And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast. / All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.” <a href="/revelation/17-16.htm">Revelation 17:16-17</a> And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. / For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose by uniting to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. <a href="/isaiah/13-1.htm">Isaiah 13:1-5</a> This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received: / Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles. / I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph. ... <a href="/isaiah/14-22.htm">Isaiah 14:22-23</a> “I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD. / “I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/jeremiah/25-12.htm">Jeremiah 25:12</a> But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation. <a href="/jeremiah/46-10.htm">Jeremiah 46:10</a> For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates. <a href="/ezekiel/38-1.htm">Ezekiel 38:1-6</a> And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “Son of man, set your face against Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him / and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. ... <a href="/habakkuk/1-6.htm">Habakkuk 1:6-11</a> For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own. / They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty. / Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour. ... <a href="/zechariah/6-6.htm">Zechariah 6:6-8</a> The one with the black horses is going toward the land of the north, the one with the white horses toward the west, and the one with the dappled horses toward the south.” / As the strong horses went out, they were eager to go and patrol the earth; and the LORD said, “Go and patrol the earth.” So they patrolled the earth. / Then the LORD summoned me and said, “Behold, those going to the land of the north have given rest to My Spirit in the land of the north.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.out of the Media lay N.<a href="/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Jeremiah 50:9,41</a> For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain… <a href="/jeremiah/51-11.htm">Jeremiah 51:11,27,48</a> Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple… <a href="/isaiah/13-5.htm">Isaiah 13:5,17,18,20</a> 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<a href="/jeremiah/50-12.htm">Jeremiah 50:12,13,35-40</a> Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert… <a href="/jeremiah/51-8.htm">Jeremiah 51:8,9,25,26,37-44,62</a> Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed… <a href="/isaiah/13-6.htm">Isaiah 13:6-10,19-22</a> Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty… both<a href="/jeremiah/7-20.htm">Jeremiah 7:20</a> Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.<a href="/jeremiah/21-6.htm">Jeremiah 21:6</a> And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.<a href="/genesis/6-7.htm">Genesis 6:7</a> 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, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/36-29.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-20.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-31.htm">Attack</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-20.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-12.htm">Depart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-20.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-33.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-33.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-45.htm">Fled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-30.htm">Flee</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-32.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-17.htm">Horror</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-43.htm">Inhabitant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-28.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-28.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-36.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-2.htm">North</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-17.htm">Object</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-3.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-33.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-19.htm">Unpeopled</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm">Wandered</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-33.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-62.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-39.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-21.htm">Attack</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-17.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-45.htm">Depart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-13.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-13.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-39.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-7.htm">Fled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-8.htm">Flee</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-8.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-23.htm">Horror</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-29.htm">Inhabitant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-42.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-41.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-9.htm">North</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-23.htm">Object</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-8.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-39.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-39.htm">Unpeopled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Wandered</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-12.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 50</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/50-1.htm">The judgment of Babylon and the redemption of Israel</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase refers to the impending invasion of Babylon by a coalition of forces led by the Medes and Persians, historically known to have come from the north. The north is often used in biblical prophecy to denote the direction from which judgment comes, as seen in <a href="/jeremiah/1-14.htm">Jeremiah 1:14-15</a>. The Medo-Persian Empire, under Cyrus the Great, fulfilled this prophecy by conquering Babylon in 539 BC. This event is significant as it demonstrates God's sovereignty over nations and His ability to use them to accomplish His purposes.it will make her land a desolation. The desolation of Babylon is a recurring theme in prophetic literature, emphasizing the totality of its destruction. <a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-22</a> and <a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2</a> echo this desolation, portraying Babylon as a symbol of human pride and rebellion against God. The historical fall of Babylon serves as a type of the ultimate judgment against all ungodly systems, pointing to the final judgment in the eschatological future.No one will live in it; This phrase underscores the complete and utter abandonment of Babylon. Historically, after its conquest, Babylon gradually declined and eventually became uninhabited, fulfilling the prophecy. This desolation serves as a warning of the consequences of defying God and highlights the transient nature of earthly power and glory.both man and beast will flee.” The flight of both man and beast signifies the total evacuation and ruin of the land. This imagery is used to convey the severity of God's judgment, as seen in similar prophecies against other nations (<a href="/zephaniah/1-3.htm">Zephaniah 1:3</a>). The absence of life in Babylon symbolizes the complete removal of its influence and power, serving as a foreshadowing of the ultimate defeat of evil in the world.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a> The primary subject of this prophecy, Babylon was a powerful empire known for its wealth and military might. Jeremiah prophesies its downfall. 2. <a href="/topical/n/nation_from_the_north.htm">Nation from the North</a> This refers to the Medes and Persians, who would eventually conquer Babylon. Historically, they came from the north and east of Babylon. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> The prophet who delivered this message. He was called by God to warn Judah and other nations of impending judgment. 4. <a href="/topical/d/desolation.htm">Desolation</a> The state that Babylon would be reduced to, as a result of divine judgment. This term emphasizes the complete and utter destruction that would leave the land uninhabitable. 5. <a href="/topical/f/fleeing_inhabitants.htm">Fleeing Inhabitants</a> Both humans and animals are described as fleeing, indicating the totality of the devastation and the fear it would instill.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a> God is in control of the rise and fall of nations. This should remind us to trust in His ultimate plan and justice. <a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Certainty of God's Judgment</a> Just as Babylon faced judgment, so will all who oppose God. This calls us to live righteously and warn others of the coming judgment. <a href="/topical/t/the_transience_of_earthly_power.htm">The Transience of Earthly Power</a> Earthly empires and powers are temporary. Our focus should be on eternal values and God's kingdom. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> The prophecy serves as a warning to turn from sin and seek God's mercy before it's too late. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_deliverance.htm">Hope in God's Deliverance</a> For those who trust in God, there is hope and assurance of deliverance from the oppression of worldly powers.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_50.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 50</a> <a href="/q/how_do_edomites_exist_post-ezekiel_35_7-9.htm">How can we reconcile the prophecy of total destruction in Ezekiel 35:7-9 with any evidence that Edomites or their descendants continued to exist?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_jeremiah_50_15-16_call_for_babylon's_desolation.htm">In Jeremiah 50:15-16, why does the prophecy call for Babylon's complete desolation if archaeological evidence shows some continued habitation after its fall?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_oneness_doctrine.htm">What does Revelation 18:2 mean by Babylon's fall?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_prophecies_of_babylon's_fall_align.htm">How do the prophecies about Babylon's permanent destruction in Jeremiah 50:13 reconcile with references to Babylon's later existence mentioned elsewhere in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/50.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) Out of the north there cometh up a nation.--It is significant that the very phrase which had described the danger that threatened Judah from Babylon (<a href="/jeremiah/1-10.htm" title="See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.">Jeremiah 1:10</a>) is now used for the danger that threatened Babylon itself from Media. It is as though the prophet watched that northern quarter of the heavens, and saw storm after storm, torrent after torrent, bursting out upon the south. The nations are named in <a href="/context/jeremiah/51-27.htm" title="Set you up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillars.">Jeremiah 51:27-28</a>. We are almost irresistibly reminded of the language in which the historians of the fourth and fifth centuries speak of the Gothic and Teutonic tribes that poured down upon the Roman Empire.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/50.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - Out of the north. There was a peculiar mystery attaching to the north in the Hebrew mind, as, in fact, the word very for "north" in Hebrew (literally, the hidden) indicates. The burnt offering was to be sacrificed on the north side of the altar (<a href="/leviticus/1-11.htm">Leviticus 1:11</a>), and the four cherubim, in the vision of Ezekiel, are described as coming from the north (<a href="/ezekiel/1-4.htm">Ezekiel 1:4</a>). The horror with which Babylon was regarded was intensified, apparently, by its northern position (<a href="/jeremiah/1-14.htm">Jeremiah 1:14</a>), and now the "hidden" north again pours forth its swarms of warriors against Babylon herself. They shall remove, they shall depart; rather, they are fled, they are gone; almost the same clause occurs in <a href="/jeremiah/9-10.htm">Jeremiah 9:10</a>. The prediction is realized as past. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/50-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction a nation גּ֜וֹי (gō·w) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts from the north מִצָּפ֗וֹן (miṣ·ṣā·p̄ō·wn) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6828.htm">Strong's 6828: </a> Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter will come עָלָה֩ (‘ā·lāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively against her; עָלֶ֨יהָ (‘ā·le·hā) Preposition | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against it הֽוּא־ (hū-) Pronoun - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are will make יָשִׁ֤ית (yā·šîṯ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7896.htm">Strong's 7896: </a> To put, set her land אַרְצָהּ֙ (’ar·ṣāh) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land an object of horror. לְשַׁמָּ֔ה (lə·šam·māh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8047.htm">Strong's 8047: </a> Ruin, consternation No one וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no will live יוֹשֵׁ֖ב (yō·wō·šêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in it; בָּ֑הּ (bāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> both man מֵאָדָ֥ם (mê·’ā·ḏām) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> Ruddy, a human being and וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while beast בְּהֵמָ֖ה (bə·hê·māh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_929.htm">Strong's 929: </a> A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal will flee.” נָ֥דוּ (nā·ḏū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5110.htm">Strong's 5110: </a> To nod, waver, to wander, flee, disappear, to console, deplore, taunt <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/50-3.htm">Jeremiah 50:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/50-3.htm">Jeremiah 50:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/50-3.htm">Jeremiah 50:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/50-3.htm">Jeremiah 50:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/50-3.htm">Jeremiah 50:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/50-3.htm">Jeremiah 50:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/50-3.htm">Jeremiah 50:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/50-3.htm">Jeremiah 50:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/50-3.htm">Jeremiah 50:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/50-3.htm">Jeremiah 50:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-3.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 50:3 For out of the north there comes (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/50-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 50:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 50:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/50-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 50:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 50:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>