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13 The word of Yahweh came to me a second time saying, “(A)What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling (B)pot, facing away from the north.” 14 Then Yahweh said to me, “(C)From the north the evil [a]will break open on all the inhabitants of the land. 15 For, behold, I am calling (D)all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” declares Yahweh; “and they will come, and each one of them will (E)put his throne at the opening of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls round about and against all the (F)cities of Judah. 16 I will speak My judgments on them concerning all their evil, whereby they have (G)forsaken Me and have (H)burned incense to other gods and worshiped the (I)works of their own hands.

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  1. Jeremiah 1:14 Lit will be opened

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

“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(B) disaster will be poured out on all who live in the land. 15 I am about to summon all the peoples of the northern kingdoms,” declares the Lord.

“Their kings will come and set up their thrones
    in the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem;
they will come against all her surrounding walls
    and against all the towns of Judah.(C)
16 I will pronounce my judgments(D) on my people
    because of their wickedness(E) in forsaking me,(F)
in burning incense to other gods(G)
    and in worshiping(H) what their hands have made.(I)

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