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The Almond Rod and Boiling Pot

11 Now the word of Yahweh came to me saying, “What do you see, (A)Jeremiah?” And I said, “I see a rod of an [a]almond tree.” 12 Then Yahweh said to me, “You have seen well, for (B)I am [b]watching over My word to do it.”

13 The word of Yahweh came to me a second time saying, “(C)What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling (D)pot, facing away from the north.”

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  1. Jeremiah 1:11 Heb shaqed
  2. Jeremiah 1:12 Heb shoqed

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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Footnotes

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