14 And Jehovah saith unto me, `From the north is the evil loosed against all inhabitants of the land.
I have stirred up `one' from the north, And he cometh, From the rising of the sun he calleth in My name, And he cometh in `on' prefects as `on' clay, And as a potter treadeth down mire.
Lift up an ensign Zionward, Strengthen yourselves, stand not still, For evil I am bringing in from the north, And a great destruction.
Strengthen yourselves, sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem, And in Tekoa blow ye a trumpet, And over Beth-Haccerem lift ye up a flame, For evil hath been seen from the north, And great destruction.
Thus said Jehovah: Lo, a people hath come from a north country, And a great nation is stirred up from the sides of the earth.
A heifer very fair `is' Egypt, Rending from the north doth come into her.
For, lo, I am stirring up, And am causing to come up against Babylon, An assembly of great nations from a land of the north, And they have set in array against her, From thence she is captured, Its arrow -- as a skilful hero -- returneth not empty,
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Commentary on Jeremiah 1 Matthew Henry Commentary
An Exposition, With Practical Observations, of
The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah
Chapter 1
In this chapter we have,
Thus is he set to work by one that will be sure to bear him out.
Jer 1:1-3
We have here as much as it was thought fit we should know of the genealogy of this prophet and the chronology of this prophecy.
Jer 1:4-10
Here is,
Jer 1:11-19
Here,