22 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people cometh from the [a]North country, and a great nation shall arise from the sides of the earth.

23 With bow and shield shall they be weaponed: they are cruel and will have no compassion: their voice roareth like the sea, and they ride upon horses well appointed, like men of war against thee, O daughter Zion.

24 We have heard their fame, and our hands wax [b]feeble: sorrow is come upon us, as the sorrow of a woman in travail.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:22 From Babylon by Dan, which was North from Jerusalem.
  2. Jeremiah 6:24 For fear of the enemy: he speaketh this in the person of the Jews.

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