Jeremiah 1:14

Jeremiah 1:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then the Lord said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the Lord said to me, "Out of the north disaster shall be let loose upon all the inhabitants of the land.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the Lord said to me: “Out of the north calamity shall break forth On all the inhabitants of the land.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Yes,” the Lord said, “for terror from the north will boil out on the people of this land.

Context of Jeremiah 1:14

12The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.” 13The word of the Lord came to me again: “What do you see?” “I see a pot that is boiling,” I answered. “It is tilting toward us from the north.” The Lord said to me, “From the north disaster will be poured out on all who live in the land. 15I am about to summon all the peoples of the northern kingdoms,” declares the Lord. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones in the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem; they will come against all her surrounding walls and against all the towns of Judah. 16I will pronounce my judgments on my people because of their wickedness in forsaking me, in burning incense to other gods and in worshiping what their hands have made.

Jeremiah 1:14 word by word

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֵלָ֑י מִצָּפוֹן֙ תִּפָּתַ֣ח הָרָעָ֔ה עַ֥ל כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵ֖י הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto me, Out of the northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
• an evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451
• shall break forthפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• upon all the inhabitantsיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Jeremiah 1:14

• Jeremiah 4:6Raise the signal to go to Zion! Flee for safety without delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, even terrible destruction.”
• Jeremiah 6:1“Flee for safety, people of Benjamin! Flee from Jerusalem! Sound the trumpet in Tekoa! Raise the signal over Beth Hakkerem! For disaster looms out of the north, even terrible destruction.
• Jeremiah 10:22Listen! The report is coming— a great commotion from the land of the north! It will make the towns of Judah desolate, a haunt of jackals.
• Jeremiah 31:8See, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the ends of the earth. Among them will be the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor; a great throng will return.
• Jeremiah 46:20“Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly is coming against her from the north.
• Jeremiah 50:9For I will stir up and bring against Babylon an alliance of great nations from the land of the north. They will take up their positions against her, and from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.
• Isaiah 41:25“I have stirred up one from the north, and he comes— one from the rising sun who calls on my name. He treads on rulers as if they were mortar, as if he were a potter treading the clay.
• Ezekiel 1:4I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north—an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal,

Commentaries on Jeremiah 1:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Shall break forth - תפתח tippathach, shall be opened. The door shall be thrown abroad, that these calamities may pass out freely.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Out of the north … - The caldron represents the great military empires upon the Euphrates. In Hezekiah‘s time, Nineveh was at their head; but stormed by the armies of Cyaxares and Nabopalassar it is itself now the victim whose limbs are seething in the caldron, and the seat of empire has been transferred to Babylon. But whoever may for the time prevail, the tide of passion and carnage is sure finally to pour itself upon Judaea. An evil shall break forth…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-19Verses 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 judgments. God also showed whence the intended ruin should arise. Jeremiah saw a seething-pot boiling, representing Jerusalem and Judah in great commotion. The mouth or face of the furnace or hearth, was toward the north; from whence the fire and fuel were…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14Invading armies would bring terror to the people of Judah. Although Babylon was directly east of Judah, the desert between them forced the Babylonian army to attack Judah from the north. This invasion would be as destructive as rushing, boiling waterRead the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. break forth--"shall disclose itself." Out of the north--(Jr 4:6; 6:1, 22; 10:22; 25:9; Eze 26:7). The Chaldeans did not cast off the yoke of Assyria till several years after, under Nabopolassar, 625 B.C.; but long previously they had so increased as to threaten Assyria, which was now grown weak, and other neighboring peoples.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 1:14

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jeremiah

In the dictionaries

• Disquiet
• Mad
• North country
• Thitherward
• Break
• Judah, Kingdom of
• Prophecy; Prophets

Commentaries on Jeremiah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings