Jeremiah 1:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is towardb the north. ”

Jeremiah 1:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The first vision was for the support of the prophet’s own faith during his long struggle with his countrymen: the second explains to him the general nature of his mission. He was to be the bearer o...
Jeremiah 1:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the word of the LORD came to me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a boiling (n) pot; and its face [is] toward the north. (n) Signifying that the Chaldeans and Assyrians...
Jeremiah 1:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Two Visions of Judgment. These form a separate experience, and imply some change of standpoint, since it is now the judgment of Judah through the instrumentality of the nations which is present...
Jeremiah 1:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah's Third Prophecy (see Book comments for Jeremiah). second time. In order to complete the sense by explaining that it was the fulfilment of the word of judgment that was to be watche...
Jeremiah 1:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah begins now to address the people to whom he was sent as a Prophet. He has hitherto spoken of his calling, that the authority of his doctrine might be evident: and he spoke generally; b...
Jeremiah 1:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north. A seething pot - toward the north - We fi...
Jeremiah 1:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I said, I see a seething-pot— A pot that sendeth forth steam. The steam of a boiling-pot very properly represents the judgments of the Almighty, which are often compared to a fire, as the afflict...
Jeremiah 1:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north. What seest thou? - another vision s...
Jeremiah 1:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Call of Jeremiah (13th year of Josiah). First Prophecy 1-3. See Introduction.
Jeremiah 1:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north. — More correctly, from the north. The next symbol was one that set forth the darker side of the prophet’s work: a large cauldron (probabl...
Jeremiah 1:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER I THE CALL AND CONSECRATION IN the foregoing pages we have considered the principal events in the life of the prophet Jeremiah, by way of introduction to the more detailed study of his wr...
Jeremiah 1:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Courage Promised to a Fearful Messenger Jeremiah 1:1-19 God has a distinct purpose for each life, and our one aim should be to discover and work out His plan. See Psalms 139:16 ; Galatians 1:...
Jeremiah 1:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first three verses constitute a title page naming the author and giving the dates of the period during which he exercised his ministry. The Book opens with the account of Jeremiah's call, and at...
Jeremiah 1:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Lord was pleased, we find, both by word and by vision, to confirm the Prophet in his new appointment. And the Lord which raised up to the Prophet's mind these images, took care to instruct his mi...
Jeremiah 1:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time ,.... In the same vision: saying, what seest thou ? besides the almond tree rod; which perhaps was now removed out of sight, and another objec...
Jeremiah 1:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof [is] toward the north. Ver. 13. What seest thou? ] By these q...
Jeremiah 1:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I see a seething-pot Or, a pot boiling. The steam of this boiling pot represented God's judgments, which are often compared to a fire, as the afflictions of Israel were to a smoking furnace. Gen...
Jeremiah 1:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Charge Given to Jeremiah. B. C. 629. 11 Moreover the word of the L ORD came unto me,...
Jeremiah 1:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

After the smaller punishment from the Lord follows this of the boiling pot, by which understand Judea and Jerusalem, as may appear by the application that they themselves make of it in a way of scorn...
Jeremiah 1:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Gives Jeremiah Two Signs, One Of Which Was The Certainty Of YHWH's Watchfulness Over His Purposes, And The Second A Sign Which Demonstrated The Judgments That Were To Come From The North Becaus...
Jeremiah 1:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology. Jeremiah 1:1-3 , penned cir. B.C. 578; Jeremiah 1:4 , sq. B.C. 629. But the recently discovered Assyrian chronology would make the date of the...
Jeremiah 1:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 1:1-13 I. ( Jeremiah 1:4 ). The two great blessings of election and mediation are here distinctly taught. God did not speak to the nations directly, but mediationally. He created a mini...
Jeremiah 1:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 1:1-3 . The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king...
Jeremiah 1:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 1:5 . Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee. In the creation God knew the nature and designations of every creature, whether of plants, or of living beings. He assigned laws and a...
Jeremiah 1:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

I see a rod of an almond tree. Tree emblems The Hebrew word for almond signifies the “waker,” in allusion to its being the first tree to wake to life in the winter. The word also contains the s...
Jeremiah 1:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION AN ACCOUNT OF THE CALL AND CONSECRATION OF JEREMIAH TO THE PROPHETIC OFFICE , FOLLOWED BY TWO EXPRESSIVE SYMBOLS OF THE MATTERS WHICH HE...
Jeremiah 1:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Call and Commission of the Prophet
Jeremiah 1:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 13:1 ; 2 Corinthians 13:2 ; Ezekiel 11:3 ; Ezekiel 11:7 ; Ezekiel 24:3-14 ; Genesis 41:32
Jeremiah 1:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Seething — Pot — I see a pot coming, meaning the Babylonian army, who would besiege Jerusalem as a fire plays round the pot, when it is to be made boil; and reduce the inhabitants to miserable extr...

Jeremiah 1:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 1:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 1:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 1:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 1:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 1:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 1:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 1:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 1:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 1:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 1:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 1:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 1:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 1:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 1:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 1:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 1:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 1:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 1:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 1:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 1:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 1:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 1:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes