The Meaning of Jeremiah 1:14 Explained

Jeremiah 1:14

KJV: Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

YLT: And Jehovah saith unto me, 'From the north is the evil loosed against all inhabitants of the land.

Darby: And Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north shall evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

ASV: Then Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Jeremiah 1:14?

MEANING: What does Jeremiah 1:14 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Jeremiah 1:14 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Jeremiah 1:14?

What is the context of Jeremiah 1:14?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

What does Jeremiah 1:14 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The Lord explained that the contents of the boiling pot represented an evil that would overflow upon all the inhabitants of Judah from the north. Many of the commentators, and I, believe this refers to Babylon (cf. Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 39), but a few think it refers to the Scythians. ^[1] The major threat to Judah when Jeremiah began his ministry was Assyria, but Assyria soon declined and Neo-Babylonia took its place. Whereas Babylon (and Assyria) lay to the northeast of Palestine, its invading armies would descend from the north, since the Arabian Desert kept them from advancing directly from the east.

Context Summary

Jeremiah 1:1-19 - Courage Promised To A Fearful Messenger

God has a distinct purpose for each life, and our one aim should be to discover and work out His plan. See Psalms 139:16; Galatians 1:15. The sanctification here referred to applies to office rather than to character, and means set apart. See John 17:19. Jeremiah was very young, and shrank from the responsibility of the great mission entrusted to him. Thus it has been with the noblest, Exodus 4:10. But that is godly fear indeed which casts us back on God. He never gives a commission without assuming the responsibility of its execution in, and with, or through, us. Powers of utterance are specially His gift, Isaiah 6:7; Acts 6:10; 1 Corinthians 1:5. The almond tree in Hebrew is the wakeful tree. It awakes from the winter sleep earlier than others, flowering in January and fruiting in March. It indicated the swiftness of God's movement. The boiling pot is the symbol of war. The promises of Jeremiah 1:18-19 are very precious to all who are called to stand in the breach and charge men with their sins. [source]

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 1

¹ The time
⁴ And the calling of Jeremiah
¹¹ His prophetical visions of an almond rod and a seething pot
¹⁵ His heavy message against Judah
¹⁷ God encourages him with his promise of assistance

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 1:14 mean?

And said Yahweh to me Out of the north shall break forth calamity On all the inhabitants of the land

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֵלָ֑י מִצָּפוֹן֙ תִּפָּתַ֣ח הָרָעָ֔ה עַ֥ל כָּל־ יֹשְׁבֵ֖י הָאָֽרֶץ

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	And said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יְהוָ֖ה	Yahweh
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֵלָ֑י	to me
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
מִצָּפוֹן֙	Out of the north
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular Root: צָפֹון Sense: north (of direction), northward.
תִּפָּתַ֣ח	shall break forth
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: פָּתַח Sense: to open.
הָרָעָ֔ה	calamity
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular Root: רַע Sense: bad, evil.
יֹשְׁבֵ֖י	the inhabitants
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct Root: יָשַׁב Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
הָאָֽרֶץ	of the land
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth.

What are the major concepts related to Jeremiah 1:14?

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