The Lord said to me,“ Something very bad will be poured out on everyone who lives in this land. It will come from the north.

耶和华对我说：“必有灾祸从北方发出，临到这地的一切居民。”

耶和华对我说：“必有灾祸从北方发出，临到这地所有的居民。

耶和华对我说：“必有灾祸从北方发出，临到这地所有的居民。

耶和华说：“不错。因为有灾祸要从北方降临到这地方的一切居民。

耶和华对我说：“必有灾祸从北方发出，临到这地所有的居民。

耶和華對我說：「必有災禍從北方發出，臨到這地的一切居民。」

耶和華對我說：「必有災禍從北方發出，臨到這地所有的居民。

耶和華對我說：「必有災禍從北方發出，臨到這地所有的居民。

耶和華說：「不錯。因為有災禍要從北方降臨到這地方的一切居民。

耶和華對我說：“必有災禍從北方發出，臨到這地所有的居民。

永恆主對我說：『必有災禍從北方爆發，來到這地所有的居民。

耶和華曰、禍必自北而發、臨於斯土眾民矣、

耶和華曰、禍必自北、臨斯民矣。

主諭我曰、禍自北出、臨斯地之一切居民、

The Lord said to me,“ From the north disaster will be poured out on all who live in the land.

Then the Lord said to me,“ Out of the north disaster shall be let loose upon all the inhabitants of the land.

“ Yes,” the Lord said,“ for terror from the north will boil out on the people of this land.

Then the LORD said to me,“ Disaster will be poured out from the north on all who live in the land.

Then the Lord said to me,“ Out of the north the evil will be unleashed on all the inhabitants of the land.

Then the Lord said to me:“ Out of the north calamity shall break forth On all the inhabitants of the land.

Then Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

Then the Lord said to me,“ Disaster will be poured out from the north on all who live in the land.

Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

Then the LORD said,“ This means destruction will break out from the north on all who live in the land.

Then Yahweh said to me,“ Out of the north, evil will break out on all the inhabitants of the land.

Listen! A message is coming! I hear the sound of a great army marching down from the north! It will turn Judah’s towns into a desert. They will become a home for wild dogs.

Warn everyone to go to Zion! Run for safety! Do not wait! I am bringing trouble from the north. Everything will be totally destroyed.”

“ I have stirred up a king who will come from the north. He lives in the east. He will bring honor to me. He walks all over rulers as if they were mud. He steps on them just as a potter stomps on clay.

The Lord says to Jerusalem,“ Look! An army is coming from the land of the north. I am stirring up a great nation. Its army is coming from a land that is very far away.

I will stir up great nations that will join forces against Babylon. I will bring them from the land of the north. They will take up their battle positions against Babylon. They will come from the north and capture it. Their arrows will be like skilled soldiers. They will not miss their mark.

The Lord says,“ People of Benjamin, run for safety! Run away from Jerusalem! Blow trumpets in the city of Tekoa! Warn everyone in Beth Hakkerem! Horrible trouble is coming from the north. The Babylonians will destroy everything with awful power.

“ Egypt is like a beautiful young cow. But Nebuchadnezzar is coming against her from the north. He will bite her like a fly.

I will bring them from the land of the north. I will gather them from one end of the earth to the other. Even those who are blind and those who can’t walk will be among them. Pregnant women and women having their babies will be among them also. Many of them will return.

I looked up and saw a windstorm coming from the north. I saw a huge cloud. The fire of lightning was flashing out of it. Bright light surrounded it. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal.

“ Look! An army is coming from the north. I am stirring up a great nation and many kings. They are coming from a land that is very far away.