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Jeremiah 1:11-13
Living Bible
Jeremiah 1:11-13
Living Bible
11 Then the Lord said to me, “Look, Jeremiah! What do you see?”
And I replied, “I see a whip made from the branch of an almond tree.”
12 And the Lord replied, “That’s right, and it means that I will surely carry out my threats of punishment.”[a]
13 Then the Lord asked me, “What do you see now?”
And I replied, “I see a pot of boiling water, tipping southward, spilling over Judah.”[b]
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- Jeremiah 1:12 I will surely carry out my threats of punishment. There is a wordplay here between shaqedh (almond) in v. 11 and shoqedh (watching) in v. 12: “For I am watching over my word to perform it.”
- Jeremiah 1:13 spilling over Judah, implied.
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