13 Again the word of the Lord came to me asking, “What do you see?”

And I replied, “I see a boiling pot,(A) its lip tilted from the north to the south.”

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13 The word of the Lord came to me again: “What do you see?”(A)

“I see a pot that is boiling,” I answered. “It is tilting toward us from the north.”

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13 And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.

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Lift up a signal flag toward Zion.(A)
Run for cover! Don’t stand still!
For I am bringing disaster from the north—
a crushing blow.(B)

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Raise the signal(A) to go to Zion!
    Flee for safety without delay!
For I am bringing disaster(B) from the north,(C)
    even terrible destruction.”

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Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

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20 Disaster after disaster(A) is reported
because the whole land is destroyed.
Suddenly my tents are destroyed,
my tent curtains, in a moment.

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20 Disaster follows disaster;(A)
    the whole land lies in ruins.(B)
In an instant my tents(C) are destroyed,
    my shelter in a moment.

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20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.

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A Cruel Nation from the North

22 This is what the Lord says:

Look,(A) an army is coming from a northern land;(B)
a great nation will be stirred up
from the remote regions of the earth.(C)

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22 This is what the Lord says:

“Look, an army is coming
    from the land of the north;(A)
a great nation is being stirred up
    from the ends of the earth.(B)

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22 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.

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12 Can anyone smash iron,
iron from the north, or bronze?

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12 “Can a man break iron—
    iron from the north(A)—or bronze?

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12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?

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This is what the Lord says:

Look, water is rising from the north(A)
and becoming an overflowing wadi.
It will overflow the land and everything in it,(B)
the cities and their inhabitants.
The people will cry out,
and every inhabitant of the land will wail.

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This is what the Lord says:

“See how the waters are rising in the north;(A)
    they will become an overflowing torrent.
They will overflow the land and everything in it,
    the towns and those who live in them.
The people will cry out;
    all who dwell in the land will wail(B)

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Thus saith the Lord; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.

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For a nation from the north will attack her;(A)
it will make her land desolate.
No one will be living in it—
both people and animals will escape.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 50:3 Lit escape; they will walk

A nation from the north(A) will attack her
    and lay waste her land.
No one will live(B) in it;
    both people and animals(C) will flee away.

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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.

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For I will soon stir up and bring against Babylon(A)
an assembly of great nations from the north country.
They will line up in battle formation against her;(B)
from there she will be captured.
Their arrows will be like a skilled[a] warrior
who does not return empty-handed.

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Footnotes

  1. 50:9 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read bereaving

For I will stir(A) up and bring against Babylon
    an alliance of great nations(B) from the land of the north.(C)
They will take up their positions against her,
    and from the north she will be captured.(D)
Their arrows(E) will be like skilled warriors
    who do not return empty-handed.

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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.

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The Conquest of Babylon

41 Look! A people comes from the north.(A)
A great nation and many kings will be stirred up
from the remote regions of the earth.(B)

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41 “Look! An army is coming from the north;(A)
    a great nation and many kings
    are being stirred(B) up from the ends of the earth.(C)

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41 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.

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