Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
Break forth - `shall disclose itself.'
Out of the north - (Jeremiah 4:6; Jeremiah 6:1; Jeremiah 6:22; Jeremiah 10:22; Jeremiah 25:9; Ezekiel 26:7.) The Chaldeans did not cast off the yoke of Assyria until several years after, under Nabopolassar, 625 AD; but long previously they had so increased as to threaten Assyria, which was now grown weak, and other neighbouring peoples.