KJV King James Version
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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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.”
WEB World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to me the second time, saying, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a boiling caldron; and it is tipping away from the north.”
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me a second time, saying, ‘What art thou seeing?’ And I say, ‘A blown pot I am seeing, and its face is from the north.’
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 1
10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
12 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
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.
14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְהִ֨יH1961 · ha.yahto beדְבַר־H1697 · da.varwordיְהוָ֤ה׀H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֵלַי֙H413 · elto(wards)שֵׁנִ֣יתH8145 · she.nisecondלֵאמֹ֔רH559 · a.marto sayמָ֥הH4100 · mahwhat?אַתָּ֖הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)רֹאֶ֑הH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeוָאֹמַ֗רH559 · a.marto sayסִ֤ירH5518 · sirpotנָפ֙וּחַ֙H5301 · na.phachto breatheאֲנִ֣יH589 · a.niIרֹאֶ֔הH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeוּפָנָ֖יוH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeמִפְּנֵ֥יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeצָפֽוֹנָה׃H6828 · tsa.phonnorth
Cross-references
Ezekiel 11:7Therefore 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.Ezekiel 11:3Which say, [It is] not near; let us build houses: this [city is] the caldron, and we [be] the flesh.2 Corinthians 13:1-2This [is] the third [time] I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.Ezekiel 24:3-14And 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:Genesis 41:32And 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.Zechariah 4:2And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all [of] gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which [are] upon the top thereof:
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