Jeremiah
Jeremiah 1:13–14
13Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?”
“I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”
14Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.
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Jeremiah 1:13
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Again | שֵׁנִ֣ית | šê·nîṯ | Number - ordinal feminine singular | H8145 second |
| the word | דְבַר־ | ḏə·ḇar- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1697 speech, word |
| of the LORD | יְהוָ֤ה׀ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| came | וַיְהִ֨י | way·hî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| to me | אֵלַי֙ | ’ê·lay | Preposition; first person common singular | H413 motion to |
| asking | לֵאמֹ֔ר | lê·mōr | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H559 utter, say |
| What | מָ֥ה | māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| do you | אַתָּ֖ה | ’at·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| see | רֹאֶ֑ה | rō·’eh | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H7200 see |
| I | אֲנִ֣י | ’ă·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| see | רֹאֶ֔ה | rō·’eh | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H7200 see |
| a boiling | נָפ֙וּחַ֙ | nā·p̄ū·aḥ | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular | H5301 breathe, blow |
| pot | סִ֤יר | sîr | Noun - common singular | H5518 pot |
| I replied | וָאֹמַ֗ר | wā·’ō·mar | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | H559 utter, say |
| and it is tilting toward us | וּפָנָ֖יו | ū·p̄ā·nāw | Conjunctive waw; Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine singular | H6440 face, before |
| from | מִפְּנֵ֥י | mip·pə·nê | Preposition-m; Noun - common plural construct | H6440 face, before |
| the north | צָפֽוֹנָה׃ | ṣā·p̄ō·w·nāh | Noun - feminine singular; third person feminine singular | H6828 north |
Jeremiah 1:14
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then the LORD | יְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| said | וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| to me | אֵלָ֑י | ’ê·lāy | Preposition; first person common singular | H413 motion to |
| Disaster | הָרָעָ֔ה | hā·rā·‘āh | Article; Adjective - feminine singular | H7451 bad, evil |
| from the north | מִצָּפוֹן֙ | miṣ·ṣā·p̄ō·wn | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular | H6828 north |
| will be poured out | תִּפָּתַ֣ח | tip·pā·ṯaḥ | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | H6605 open |
| on | עַ֥ל | ‘al | Preposition | H5921 height |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| who live | יֹשְׁבֵ֖י | yō·šə·ḇê | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | H3427 sit, remain, dwell |
| in the land | הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jeremiah 1:13 Ezekiel 11:7 · Ezekiel 11:3
Jeremiah 1:14 Jeremiah 4:6 · Isaiah 41:25 · Jeremiah 6:1 · Jeremiah 10:22
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.