Yirmeyah 6:22

22 Thus saith Hashem, Hinei, Am (an Army, a people) cometh from the eretz tzafon, and a Goy Gadol is aroused from the ends of the earth.

Yirmeyah 6:22 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 6:22

Thus saith the Lord, behold, a people cometh from the north
country
The Assyrians from Babylon, which lay north of Judea, as in ( Jeremiah 1:14 Jeremiah 1:15 ) ( 4:6 ) : and a great nation shall be raised;
that is, by the Lord, who would stir them up to this undertaking. The Targum is,

``many people shall come openly:''

from the sides of the earth;
afar off, as Babylon was, ( Jeremiah 5:15 ) .

Yirmeyah 6:22 In-Context

20 To what purpose cometh there to Me frankincense from Sheva [i.e., southwest Arabia], and the sweet cane from a far country? Your olot (burnt offerings) are not acceptable, nor your zevakhim pleasing unto Me.

21 Therefore thus saith Hashem, Hineni, I will lay michsholim (stumblingblocks) before HaAm HaZeh, and the Avot and the Banim together shall stumble upon them; the shakhen (neighbor) and his re’a (neighbor, friend) shall perish.

22 Thus saith Hashem, Hinei, Am (an Army, a people) cometh from the eretz tzafon, and a Goy Gadol is aroused from the ends of the earth.

23 They shall lay hold of keshet (bow) and kidon (spear); they are cruel, and have no mercy; their kol (voice) roareth like the yam; and they ride upon susim, set in array as ish for milchamah against thee, O Bat Tziyon.

24 We have heard the fame thereof; our hands hang limp; tzarah (anguish) hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in labor.