Jeremiah 1:13 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 1:13

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.”

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The first vision was for the support of the prophet’s own faith during his long struggle with his countrymen: the second explains to him the general nature of his mission. He was to be the bearer of tidings of a great national calamity about to break forth item the north. He sees a caldron. It was a vessel of metal Eze 24:11, large enough to prepare the meal of a numerous community 2Ki 4:38, and broad at the top, as it was also used for washing purposes Psa 60:8. This caldron was boiling furiously.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Some think that those scoffers referred to this who said ( Ezek. xi. 3 ), This city is the cauldron, and we are the flesh. Now the mouth or face of the furnace or hearth, over which this pot boiled, was towards the north, for thence the fire and the fuel were to come that must make the pot boil thus.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Another vision, signifying what is the "word" about to be "performed," and by what instrumentality. seething--literally, "blown under"; so boiling by reason of the flame under it kept brisk by blowing.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֨י	vay.Hi	and it came	H1961 →
דְבַר־	de.var-	[the] word of	H1697 →
יְהוָ֤ה׀	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֵלַי֙	'e.Lai	to me	H413 →
שֵׁנִ֣ית	she.Nit	a second [time]	H8145 →
לֵאמֹ֔ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
מָ֥ה	mah	what?	H4100 →
אַתָּ֖ה	'a.Tah	[are] you	H859 →
רֹאֶ֑ה	ro.'Eh	seeing	H7200 →
וָאֹמַ֗ר	va.'o.Mar	and I said	H559 →
סִ֤יר	sir	a pot	H5518 →
נָפ֙וּחַ֙	na.Fu.ach	blown upon	H5301 →
אֲנִ֣י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
רֹאֶ֔ה	ro.'Eh	[am] seeing	H7200 →
וּפָנָ֖יו	u.fa.Nav	and face its	H6440 →
מִפְּנֵ֥י	mi.pe.Nei	[is] away from [the] face of	H6440 →
צָפֽוֹנָה׃	tza.Fo.nah	north -ward	H6828 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 41:32
Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.
leads to
- Numbers 23:19
  God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- Isaiah 46:10–11
  I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
Through
Ezekiel 11:7
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have laid within this city are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I will remove you from it.
leads to
- Micah 3:2–3
  You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
- Ezekiel 24:3–13
  Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water.
- Jeremiah 52:24–27
  The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
- 2 Kings 25:18–22
  The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
Through
Ezekiel 11:3
They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’
leads to
- Ezekiel 12:22
  “Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?
- Ezekiel 12:27
  “Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.’

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Jeremiah