Jeremiah 1:12-16 New International Version (NIV)

12. The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.”

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

16. I will pronounce my judgments on my people because of their wickedness in forsaking me, in burning incense to other gods and in worshiping what their hands have made.

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