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Verse Jeremiah 1:13. _A SEETHING POT - TOWARD THE NORTH._] We find,
from Ezekiel, Ezekiel 24:3, c., that a _boiling pot_ was an emblem of
war, and the desolations it produces. Some have thought that...
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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 of
t...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE CALL TO REPENTANCE, THE IMPENITENCE OF THE PEOPLE, AND THE
JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED
CHAPTER 1
The Call of the Prophet
_ 1. The introduction (Jeremiah 1:1) _
2. The divin...
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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 presented...
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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....
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Jeremiah's call
The passage will fall into four sections.
(i) Jeremiah 1:4. The prophet's call and its nature. (ii) Jeremiah
1:11. The symbol of the almond tree, shewing that Jehovah is wakeful
to p...
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In 2 Chronicles 6:41-42 the words of the Psalm are quoted at the close
of Solomon's prayer at the Dedication of the Temple, and some
commentators suppose that in Psalms 132:8 ff. the Psalmist carries...
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The symbol of the caldron
13. _a seething caldron_ An ordinary sight in daily life conveys a
message to the prophet. In this second symbol the character of the
future in store for the nation is more c...
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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 affliction...
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II. THE CALL CONFIRMED Jeremiah 1:11-19
TRANSLATION
(11) And the word of the LORD came unto me saying, What are you
looking at, Jeremiah? And I replied, I am looking at a rod of almond.
(12) Then the...
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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 signif...
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The second vision was that of a seething pot with its mouth 'towards
the south' (lit. 'from the face of the north'), and about to boil
over. The meaning was as hinted in Jeremiah 1:14, that the great...
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THE CALL OF JEREMIAH (13TH YEAR OF JOSIAH). FIRST PROPHECY
1-3. See Introduction....
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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 (probably o...
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וַ יְהִ֨י דְבַר ־יְהוָ֤ה ׀ אֵלַי֙
שֵׁנִ֣ית לֵ
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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 writin...
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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 1:15. The...
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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 o...
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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...
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_North, whence the wind blows, to make the fire burn more intensely.
Assyria lay to the north, and Babylon to the east of Judea; but the
troops always penetrated the northern frontier, as they could n...
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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 min...
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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; but now...
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In chapter 1 the prophet is established in his office, to which he had
been appointed by Jehovah, even before his birth, that he should carry
His word unto the nations. But Jeremiah's fears are immedi...
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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 object app...
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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 que...
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_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. Genes...
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THE CALL AND COMMISSION OF THE PROPHET...
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And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying, What
seest thou? a second vision being vouchsafed the prophet. AND I SAID,
I SEE A SEETHING POT, one of the large kettles used to prepare...
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TOWARDS THE NORTH:
_ Heb._ from the face of the North...
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11-19 God gave Jeremiah a view of the destruction of Judah and
Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. The almond-tree, which is more forward in
the spring than any other, represented the speedy approach of
judg...
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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...
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Jeremiah 1:13 word H1697 LORD H3068 time H8145 saying H559 (H8800) see
H7200 (H8802) said H559 ...
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THE SIGN OF THE BOILING CAULDRON (JEREMIAH 1:13).
The second sign was that of a cauldron full of boiling liquid ready to
be poured out on Judah from the north, a vivid picture of threatening
judgment...
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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 BECAUSE...
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Jeremiah 1:1
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 minister who...
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Jeremiah 1:1. 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 of Ju...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's call and enduement. The sign of the almond rod
and seething pot.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Jeremiah, Josiah, Jehoiakim.
CONCLUSION: God, by His special counsel and foreknowle...
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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 abod...
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_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 signi...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 1:1 Introduction. These verses introduce
the book’s historical background (vv. Jeremiah 1:1), Jeremiah’s
call and message (vv....
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 1:13 BOILING POT, FACING AWAY FROM THE
NORTH. This vision means that judgment will come from the north.
Eventually Babylon fulfills this threat....
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
1. CHRONOLOGY. Jeremiah 1:1, penned _cir._ B.C. 578; Jeremiah 1:4,
_sq._ B.C. 629. But the recently discovered Assyrian chronology would
make the date of the “thirteen...
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EXPOSITION
AN ACCOUNT OF THE CALL AND CONSECRATION OF JEREMIAH TO THE PROPHETIC
OFFICE, FOLLOWED BY TWO EXPRESSIVE SYMBOLS OF THE...
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At this time shall we turn in our Bibles to the book of Jeremiah.
About sixty years after Isaiah died, God called Jeremiah to what I
feel must have been the hardest task any minister has ever been cal...
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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 extremi...