Discovery BoxJeremiah 1:13 
Context1:13 The Lord again asked me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a pot of boiling water; it is tipped toward us from the north.” 1
Jeremiah 22:12
Context22:12 For he will die in the country where they took him as a captive. He will never see this land again.” 2
Jeremiah 25:4
Context25:4 Over and over again 3 the Lord has sent 4 his servants the prophets to you. But you have not listened or paid attention. 5
Jeremiah 32:15
Context32:15 For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all 6 says, “Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”’ 7
Jeremiah 34:11
Context34:11 But later 8 they had changed their minds. They had taken back their male and female slaves that they had freed and forced them to be slaves again. 9
Jeremiah 44:4
Context44:4 I sent my servants the prophets to you people over and over 10 again warning you not to do this disgusting thing I hate. 11
1 tn Heb “a blown upon [= heated; boiling] pot and its face from the face of the north [= it is facing away from the north].”
2 sn This prophecy was fulfilled according to 2 Kgs 23:34.
3 tn For the idiom involved here see the notes at 7:13 and 11:7.
4 tn The vav consecutive with the perfect in a past narrative is a little unusual. Here it is probably indicating repeated action in past time in keeping with the idiom that precedes and follows it. See GKC 332 §112.f for other possible examples.
5 tn Heb “inclined your ear to hear.” This is idiomatic for “paying attention.” It is often parallel with “listen” as here or with “pay attention” (see, e.g., Prov 4:20; 51:1).
6 tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.” For this title see 7:3 and the study notes on 2:19.
7 sn The significance of the symbolic act performed by Jeremiah as explained here was a further promise (see the “again” statements in 31:4, 5, 23 and the “no longer” statements in 31:12, 29, 34, 40) of future restoration beyond the destruction implied in vv. 3-5. After the interruption of exile, normal life of buying and selling of fields, etc. would again be resumed and former property rights would be recognized.
8 sn Most commentators are agreed that the incident referred to here occurred during the period of relief from the siege provided by the Babylonians going off to fight against the Egyptians who were apparently coming to Zedekiah’s aid (compare vv. 21-22 with 37:5, 7). The freeing of the slaves had occurred earlier, under the crisis of the siege while the people were more responsive to the
9 tn Heb “they had brought them into subjection for male and female slaves.” However, the qualification of “male and female” is already clear from the preceding and is unnecessary to the English sentence.
10 tn See 7:13 for an explanation of this idiom and compare 7:25; 25:4; 26:5; 29:19; 35:15 for similar references to the persistent warnings of the prophets.
11 tn Heb “sent…over again, saying, ‘Do not do this terrible thing that I hate.’” The indirect quote has been used to shorten the sentence and eliminate one level of embedded quotes.
sn This refers to the worship of other gods mentioned in the previous verse.
