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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 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.
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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.
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For a nation will come out of the north to attack her, reduce her cities to rubble. Empty of life - no animals, no people - not a sound, not a movement, not a breath.
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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.
Jeremiah 50:3 In-Context
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This is the word the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Babylonians :
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“Announce and proclaim among the nations, lift up a banner and proclaim it; keep nothing back, but say, ‘Babylon will be captured; Bel will be put to shame, Marduk filled with terror. Her images will be put to shame and her idols filled with terror.’
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A nation from the north will attack her and lay waste her land. No one will live in it; both people and animals will flee away.
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“In those days, at that time,” declares the LORD, “the people of Israel and the people of Judah together will go in tears to seek the LORD their God.
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They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and bind themselves to the LORDin an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.