Jeremiah 1:14 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 1:12 And Jehovah said unto me, Thou hast well seen; for I am watchful over my word to perform it.

Jeremiah 1:13 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.

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

Jeremiah 1:15 For behold, I am calling 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 entering 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 pronounce my judgments against them for 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", "shall", "evil", "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 to..." into verse 15's "For behold I am calling 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.