12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it.”

13 The word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see (A)a boiling pot, facing away (B)from the north.” 14 Then the Lord said to me, (C)“Out of the north disaster[a] shall be let loose upon all the inhabitants of the land.

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  1. Jeremiah 1:14 The Hebrew word can mean evil, harm, or disaster, depending on the context; so throughout Jeremiah

12 The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching[a](A) to see that my word is fulfilled.”

13 The word of the Lord came to me again: “What do you see?”(B)

“I see a pot that is boiling,” I answered. “It is tilting toward us from the north.”

14 The Lord said to me, “From the north(C) disaster will be poured out on all who live in the land.

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  1. Jeremiah 1:12 The Hebrew for watching sounds like the Hebrew for almond tree.