Jeremiah 6:22

Thus saith the Lord, behold, a people cometh from the north country ,.... The Assyrians from Babylon, which lay north of Judea, as in Jeremiah 1:14 ,

and a great nation shall be raised ; that is, by the Lord, who would stir them up to this undertaking. The Targum is,

"many people shall come openly:'

from the sides of the earth ; afar off, as Babylon was, Jeremiah 5:15 .