Jeremiah 1:13

And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof [is] toward the north.

And the word {H1697} of the LORD {H3068} came unto me the second time {H8145}, saying {H559}, What seest {H7200} thou? And I said {H559}, I see {H7200} a seething {H5301} pot {H5518}; and the face {H6440} thereof is toward {H6440} the north {H6828}.

A second time the word of ADONAI came to me, asking, "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a caldron tilted away from the north, over a fire fanned by the wind."

Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”

And the word of Jehovah came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a boiling caldron; and the face thereof is from the north.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 11:3 (3 votes)

    Which say, [It is] not near; let us build houses: this [city is] the caldron, and we [be] the flesh.

  • Ezekiel 11:7 (3 votes)

    Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they [are] the flesh, and this [city is] the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.

  • Genesis 41:32 (2 votes)

    And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; [it is] because the thing [is] established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

  • Ezekiel 24:3 (2 votes)

    And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set [it] on, and also pour water into it:

  • Ezekiel 24:14 (2 votes)

    I the LORD have spoken [it]: it shall come to pass, and I will do [it]; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.

  • 2 Corinthians 13:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ This [is] the third [time] I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

  • 2 Corinthians 13:2 (2 votes)

    I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare: