Jeremiah 1:13 (LSB)

Passage

The word of Yahweh came to me a second time saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north.”

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 1:11 Now the word of Yahweh came to me saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “I see a rod of an almond tree.”

Jeremiah 1:12 Then Yahweh said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to do it.”

Jeremiah 1:13 The word of Yahweh came to me a second time saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north.”

Jeremiah 1:14 Then Yahweh said to me, “From the north the evil will break open on all the inhabitants of the land.

Jeremiah 1:15 For, behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” declares Yahweh; “and they will come, and each one of them will put his throne at the opening of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls round about and against all the cities of Judah.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "word", "yahweh", "came", "second", "time", "saying", "said", and "boiling". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "word" and "yahweh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Then Yahweh said to me You have..." into verse 14's "Then Yahweh said to me From the...", so "word" and "yahweh" 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 "word" and "yahweh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.