“They take up bow and spear.They are cruel, and have no mercy.Their voice roars like the sea.They ride on horses,everyone set in array,as a man to the battle,against you, daughter of Babylon.”
Jeremiah 50:42 (WEB)
Context Reading
40As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbor cities,” says Yahweh,“so no man will dwell there,neither will any son of man live therein. 41“Behold, a people comes from the north.A great nation and many kings will be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth. 42They take up bow and spear.They are cruel, and have no mercy.Their voice roars like the sea.They ride on horses,everyone set in array,as a man to the battle,against you, daughter of Babylon. 43The king of Babylon has heard the news of them,and his hands become feeble.Anguish has taken hold of him,pains as of a woman in labor. 44Behold, the enemy will come up like a lionfrom the thickets of the Jordan against the strong habitation;for I will suddenly make them run away from it.Whoever is chosen,I will appoint him over it,for who is like me?Who will appoint me a time?Who is the shepherd who can stand before me?”