Jeremiah 1:14 (ASV)

Passage

Then Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 1:12 Then said Jehovah unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I watch over my word to perform it.

Jeremiah 1:13 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.

Jeremiah 1:14 Then Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

Jeremiah 1:15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith Jehovah; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.

Jeremiah 1:16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah", "said", "north", "evil", "shall", "break", "forth", and "upon". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "And the word of Jehovah came unto..." into verse 15's "For lo I will call all the...", so "jehovah" and "said" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jehovah" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.