Verse Lens · Context pointer
Jeremiah 50:41 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 41. 41Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Jeremiah introduces or commands “Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised…” at Jeremiah 50:41 as “A Northern Army Makes Babylon Tremble” develops.
Read It With
- Jeremiah 50:41–46
Read Jeremiah 50:41 with 50:41–46. By itself, “Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, imperial horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: A great coalition, merciless reputation, royal anguish, lion imagery, and the noise of capture close the chapter.
Why It Needs Context
Keep the line with Jeremiah 50:41–46. The prophetic word through Jeremiah introduces or commands “Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised…” at Jeremiah 50:41 as “A Northern Army Makes Babylon Tremble” develops. The literary form and this limit govern it: The poem does not identify a current military alliance or celebrate terror against populations.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Jeremiah 50:41–46 — A Northern Army Makes Babylon TrembleSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 50:41–46, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 50:41–46
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