Jer 50:3 | TNotes | STEP | 50:3 The nation ... from the north was the Persian nation led by Cyrus in 539 BC . Persia was east of Babylon, but it first struck Babylonia in the north and then moved south. The attack destroyed the powerful Babylonian Empire.

‏ Jeremiah 50:3

50:3 ^a The nation ... from the north was the Persian nation led by Cyrus in 539 BC. Persia was east of Babylon, but it first struck Babylonia in the north and then moved south. The attack destroyed the powerful Babylonian Empire.