Jeremiah 1:13
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.”
דָּבָר
In Hebrew, dabar is not just a word spoken — it is a word that accomplishes something. God's dabar does not return empty. The psalmist says this word is a lamp to his feet — not a floodlight revealing everything ahead, but enough light for the next step. That is faith.
מָה
what?
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מָה
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
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רָאָה
am seeing
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רָאָה
To see, to look, to perceive. Raah. The LORD sees not as man sees. Man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart.
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נָפַח
blown upon
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נָפַח
to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem)
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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צָפוֹן
north/ -ward
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צָפוֹן
properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
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סִיר
a pot
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סִיר
a pot; also a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hook
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שֵׁנִי
a second time
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שֵׁנִי
properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again
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