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A Vision of Coming Disaster
Following the first vision of an almond rod, Jeremiah sees a boiling cauldron. Commentators explain this symbolizes a severe and imminent national disaster. The pot is tilted from the north, ready to spill its scalding contents southward upon Judah. This starkly illustrates the terrifying judgment from Babylon that Jeremiah was called to announce.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 1:13
18th Century
Theologian
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 genera…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 1:13
19th Century
Bishop
A seething pot; and its face is toward the north. —More correctly, from the north. The next symbol was one that …
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 1:11–14
19th Century
Preacher
The Chaldeans and the Babylonians were like a great cauldron, boiling and seething, sending forth smoke and steam over the nations, and ready to sc…
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 1:13–14
16th Century
Theologian
Jeremiah now begins to address the people to whom he was sent as a Prophet. He has until now spoken of his calling, so that the authority of his do…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 1:13
17th Century
Pastor
And the word of the Lord came to me the second time
In the same vision: saying, what do you see
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 1:11–19
17th Century
Minister
God gave Jeremiah a view of the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. The almond tree, which blooms earlier in the spring than any o…