Jeremiah 6:22

6:22 “This is what the Lord says:

‘Beware! An army ¹  is coming from a land in the north.

A mighty nation is stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth.

Jeremiah 25:32

25:32 The Lord who rules over all ²  says,

‘Disaster will soon come on one nation after another. ³ 

A mighty storm of military destruction ⁴  is rising up

from the distant parts of the earth.’

Jeremiah 31:8

31:8 Then I will reply, ⁵  ‘I will bring them back from the land of the north.

I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth.

Blind and lame people will come with them,

so will pregnant women and women about to give birth.

A vast throng of people will come back here.

[6:22]  ¹ tn Heb “people.”

[25:32]  ² tn Heb “Yahweh of armies.”

[25:32]  ³ tn Heb “will go forth from nation to nation.”

[25:32]  ⁴ tn The words “of military destruction” have been supplied in the translation to make the metaphor clear. The metaphor has shifted from that of God as a lion, to God as a warrior, to God as a judge, to God as the author of the storm winds of destruction.

[31:8]  ³ tn The words “And I will reply” are not in the text but the words vv. 8-9 appear to be the answer to the petition at the end of v. 7. These words are supplied in the translation for clarity.