Jeremiah 1:13
 Jeremiah 1:13 
New International Version (© 2011)
The word of the LORD came to me again: "What do you see?" "I see a pot that is boiling," I answered. "It is tilting toward us from the north."

King James Bible
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.

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.

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.'

Jeremiah 1:13 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

A seething pot - toward the north - We find, from Ezekiel 24:3, etc., that a boiling pot was an emblem of war, and the desolations it produces. Some have thought that by the seething pot Judea is intended, agitated by the invasion of the Chaldeans, whose land lay north of Judea. But Dr. Blayney contends that מפני צפונה mippeney tsaphonah should be translated, From the face of the north, as it is in the margin; for, from the next verse, it appears that the evil was to come from the north; and therefore the steam, which was designed as an emblem of that evil, must have arisen from that quarter also. The pot denotes the empire of the Babylonians and Chaldeans lying to the north of Judea, and pouring forth its multitudes like a thick vapor, to overspread the land. Either of these interpretations will suit the text.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the second time

Genesis 41:32 And for that the dream was doubled to Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God...

2 Corinthians 13:1,2 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established...

I see

Ezekiel 11:3,7 Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh...

Ezekiel 24:3-14 And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on...

toward the north. Heb. from the face of the north

Jeremiah 1:13 Parallel Commentaries
Boiling Caldron Face Facing North Pot Second Seest Seething Thereof Time Towards Word
Boiling Caldron Face Facing North Pot Second Seest Seething Thereof Time Towards Word
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Jeremiah 24:3 Then the LORD asked me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" "Figs," I answered. "The good ones are very good, but the bad ones are so bad they cannot be eaten."
Ezekiel 11:3 They say, 'Haven't our houses been recently rebuilt? This city is a pot, and we are the meat in it.'
Ezekiel 11:7 "Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: The bodies you have thrown there are the meat and this city is the pot, but I will drive you out of it.
Ezekiel 24:3 Tell this rebellious people a parable and say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "'Put on the cooking pot; put it on and pour water into it.
Zechariah 4:2 He asked me, "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven channels to the lamps.