Jeremiah 1:14

14 Then the LORD said to me, "Disaster will be poured out from the north on all those who live in the land.

Jeremiah 1:14 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 1:14

Then the Lord said unto me
Explaining the above vision: out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of
the land;
that is, out of Babylon, which lay north, as Jarchi says, and so the Talmud ^F20; or north east, as Kimchi and Ben Melech, to the land of Israel; from hence came Nebuchadnezzar and his army, which are meant by "the evil" that should break forth, or "be opened" ^F21 and loosed, which before were bound and hindered by the providence of God; see ( Revelation 9:14 ) and come upon all the inhabitants of the land of Israel; and who are signified by the boiling pot to the north; or, however, by the fire under it, which came from thence; for rather by the pot is meant Jerusalem; and, by the boiling of it, its destruction by the Chaldeans; see ( Ezekiel 11:3 Ezekiel 11:7 ) ( 24:3 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 T. Bab. Gittin, fol. 6. 1. and Bava Bathra, fol. 25. 2.
F21 (xtpt) "aperietur", Munster, Tigurine version, Cocceius; "pandetur", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus.

Jeremiah 1:14 In-Context

12 Then the LORD said to me, "Right. I am watching to make sure that my words come true."

13 Again the LORD spoke his word to me and asked, "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a boiling pot, and its top is tilted away from the north."

14 Then the LORD said to me, "Disaster will be poured out from the north on all those who live in the land.

15 I am going to call every family and kingdom from the north," declares the LORD. "They will come, and they will set up their thrones at the entrance of Jerusalem's gates. They will attack all the walls around the city and all the cities of Judah.

16 I will pass sentence on my people because of all their wickedness. They abandoned me, burned incense to other gods, and worshiped what their hands have made.