Jeremiah 50:3
For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
Cross-reference
In Jeremiah 50:41, the same 'people from the north' imagery reappears, specifying 'many kings' from the ends of the earth, reinforcing the scale of Babylon's attackers.
In Jeremiah 50:21, the command to 'waste and utterly destroy' executes the desolation described here.
In Jeremiah 50:13, the desolation is repeated — 'wholly desolate' — emphasizing the outcome of the nation from the north in 50:3.
In Jeremiah 50:12, the same prophecy continues describing Babylon's shame and wilderness, a consequence of the northern attack in 50:3.
In Jeremiah 51:62, the phrase 'neither man nor beast' directly echoes 50:3, confirming total desolation.
In Jeremiah 51:48, it echoes 'spoilers from the north' explicitly, confirming the same event as 50:3.
In Jeremiah 51:37-44, Babylon's fall as a heap of ruins and the flight of nations expands the destruction from 50:3.
In Jeremiah 51:26, Babylon's permanent desolation (no stone used) directly follows the ruin foretold in 50:3.
In Jeremiah 51:25, God's judgment on Babylon as a destroying mountain adds a vivid metaphor to the desolation of 50:3.
In Jeremiah 51:11, the nation from the north is identified as the Medes, explaining the identity of the attackers in 50:3.
In Jeremiah 51:9, the failed healing and flight from Babylon reinforce the total ruin and abandonment from 50:3.
In Jeremiah 51:8, Babylon's sudden fall and call to mourn echo the northern attack and desolation described in 50:3.
In Jeremiah 25:12, the seventy-year timetable for Babylon's punishment provides the context for this judgment.
In Jeremiah 51:27, specific northern kingdoms (Ararat, Minni, Ashkenaz) are summoned against Babylon, giving detail to the general 'nation from the north'.
In Isaiah 14:22-24, God cuts off Babylon's remnant and sweeps it away, fulfilling the judgment of 50:3.
In Isaiah 13:20, the permanent desolation of Babylon is stated — 'never inhabited' — matching 50:3's 'none shall dwell'.
In Isaiah 13:19-22, Babylon becomes like Sodom—uninhabited—mirroring the desolation from 50:3.
In Isaiah 13:17, the Medes are named as the attackers, providing the identity of the northern nation in 50:3.
In Isaiah 13:6-10, cosmic signs accompany Babylon's judgment, paralleling the northern nation's attack in 50:3.
In Isaiah 13:5, the parallel oracle against Babylon also describes a nation from a far country coming to destroy, reinforcing the shared prophecy.
In Isaiah 45:1, Cyrus is named as God's anointed conqueror, identifying the specific agent of the north nation.
In Isaiah 21:9, the cry 'Babylon is fallen' announces the fulfillment of this prophecy of desolation.
In Isaiah 13:4, a multitude gathers against Babylon, directly parallel to the 'nation from the north' here.
In Isaiah 13:18, the brutality of the Medes is detailed — no pity on children — adding horror to the destruction from the north in 50:3.