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13 The Lord’s message came to me again: “Jeremiah, what do you see?”

I answered, “I see a pot of boiling water. That pot is tipping over from the north.”

14 The Lord said to me, “Something terrible will come from the north.
    It will happen to all the people who live in this country.
15 In a short time I will call all the people in the northern kingdoms.”
    This is what the Lord said.

“The kings of those countries will come
    and set up their thrones near the gates of Jerusalem.
They will attack the city walls of Jerusalem.
    They will attack all the cities in Judah.

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

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

14 The Lord said to me, “From the north(B) disaster will be poured out on all who live in the land. 15 I 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.(C)

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