“See how the waters are rising in the north; they will become an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and everything in it,

Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is.

New International Version This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising in the north; they will become an overflowing torrent.

Thus says the LORD: “Behold, waters rise out of the north, And shall be an overflowing flood; They shall overflow the land and all that is in it, ...

Jeremiah 47:2 This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising in the north; they will become an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land ...

2 This is what the Lord says: “See how the waters are rising in the north;i. they will become an overflowing torrent.

This is what the LORD says: “A flood is coming from the north to overflow the land. It will destroy the land and everything in it— cities and people alike.

Waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein.

Meaning an army of men, which should come in great numbers, and with great force and rapidity, like an overflowing flood.

This message likely pertains to the Babylonian invasion, predicted to bring devastation to the Philistines, a long-standing enemy of Israel. Jeremiah delivers ...