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.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Jeremiah 1:13

And the worde of the Lord came vnto mee the second time, saying; What seest thou? And I said; I see a seething pot, and the face thereof was towards the North.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

The word of the LORD came to me a second time saying, "What do you see? And I said, "I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north.""
- New American Standard Version (1995)

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.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, What do you see? And I said, I see a boiling pot, and its face is from the north.
- Basic English 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."
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

And the word of Jehovah came to me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething-pot, and its face is from the north.
- Darby Bible

And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying: What seest thou? And I said: I see a boiling caldron, and the face thereof from the face of the north.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething caldron; and the face thereof is from the north.
- English Revised Version

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."
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Jeremiah 1:13

Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 1:13


1:13 Seething - Pot - I see a pot coming, meaning the Babylonian army, who would besiege Jerusalem as a fire plays round the pot, when it is to be made boil; and reduce the inhabitants to miserable extremities. Face - Or front of the pot, or furnace, the place where the fire was put in, or blowed up to make it boil. North - Indicating from whence their misery should come, namely, from Chaldea, which lay north from Jerusalem.


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