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11 Again the Lord spoke his word to me and asked, “Jeremiah, what do you see?”

I answered, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”

12 Then the Lord said to me, “Right. I am watching to make sure that my words come true.” [a]

13 Again the Lord spoke his word to me and asked, “What do you see?”

I answered, “I see a boiling pot, and its top is tilted away from the north.”

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  1. 1:11–12 There is a play on words here between Hebrew shaked (almond tree   ) and shoked (watching   ).

11 The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?”(A)

“I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied.

12 The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching[a](B) to see that my word is fulfilled.”

13 The word of the Lord came to me again: “What do you see?”(C)

“I see a pot that is boiling,” I answered. “It is tilting toward us from the north.”

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  1. Jeremiah 1:12 The Hebrew for watching sounds like the Hebrew for almond tree.