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 watched over.
a seething pot. a boiling cauldron. Hebrew. pot blown upon: i.e. brought to boiling by blowing the fire.
toward the north. from the north: i.e. turned towards the prophet, who saw it from the south. The enemy of which it spoke, though situated on the east, would come round the desert and advance from the north, through Dan, the usual route from Assyria. See Jeremiah 1:14.