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Behold, a people cometh from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

(Jeremiah 50:41)

An application to Babylon of the doom against Jerusalem (Jeremiah 6:22–24).

The coasts of…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The Prophet again shows from where destruction was to come on the Babylonians. He does not indeed mention Cyrus, as Isaiah does ([Reference Isaiah …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation The Modes and Persians, whose country lay north of Babylon…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

It is Israel's comfort in distress that, though they are weak, their Redeemer is strong. This may be applied to believers, who complain of the domi…

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