Jeremiah 1:14 (GNV)

Passage

Then saide the Lord vnto me, Out of the North shall a plague be spred vpon all the inhabitants of the land.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 1:12 Then saide the Lord vnto me, Thou hast seene aright: for I will hasten my worde to performe it.

Jeremiah 1:13 Againe the worde of the Lord came vnto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I saide, I see a seething pot looking out of the North.

Jeremiah 1:14 Then saide the Lord vnto me, Out of the North shall a plague be spred vpon all the inhabitants of the land.

Jeremiah 1:15 For loe, I will call all the families of the kingdomes of the North, saith the Lord, and they shall come, and euery one shall set his throne in the entring of the gates of Ierusalem, and on all the walles thereof rounde about, and in all the cities of Iudah.

Jeremiah 1:16 And I will declare vnto them my iudgements touching all the wickednesse of them that haue forsaken me, and haue burnt incense vnto other gods, and worshipped the workes of their owne handes.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saide", "lord", "vnto", "north", "shall", "plague", "spred", and "vpon". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saide" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Againe the worde of the Lord came..." into verse 15's "For loe I will call all the...", so "saide" and "lord" 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 "saide" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.