Jeremiah 1:14 (YLT)

Passage

And Jehovah saith unto me, `From the north is the evil loosed against all inhabitants of the land.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 1:12 And Jehovah saith unto me, `Thou hast well seen: for I am watching over My word to do it.'

Jeremiah 1:13 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 <FI>is<Fi> from the north.'

Jeremiah 1:14 And Jehovah saith unto me, `From the north is the evil loosed against all inhabitants of the land.

Jeremiah 1:15 For, lo, I am calling for all families of the kingdoms of the north, --an affirmation of Jehovah--and they have come, and put each his throne at the opening of the gates of Jerusalem, and by its walls round about, and by all cities of Judah.

Jeremiah 1:16 And I have spoken My judgments with them concerning all their evil, in that they have forsaken Me, and make perfume to other gods, and bow themselves to the works of their own hands.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah", "saith", "north", "evil", "loosed", "against", "inhabitants", and "land". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" and "saith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "And there is a word of Jehovah..." into verse 15's "For lo I am calling for all...", so "jehovah" and "saith" 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 "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.