Jeremiah 1:11-16
11And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, a“Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see an almond ▼▼ Almond sounds like the Hebrew for watching (compare verse 12)
branch.” 12Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it.” 13The word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see ca boiling pot, facing away dfrom the north.” 14Then the Lord said to me, e“Out of the north disaster ▼
▼The Hebrew word can mean evil, harm, or disaster, depending on the context; so throughout Jeremiah
shall be let loose upon all the inhabitants of the land. 15For behold, gI am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, declares the Lord, hand they shall come, and every one shall set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its walls all around and against all the cities of Judah. 16And iI will declare my judgments against them, for all their evil jin forsaking me. kThey have made offerings to other gods and lworshiped the works of their own hands. Jeremiah 24:1
The Good Figs and the Bad Figs
1 mAfter Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile from Jerusalem nJeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, together with othe officials of Judah, the craftsmen, and the metal workers, and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me this vision: behold, ptwo baskets of figs placed before the temple of the Lord.Ezekiel 11:25
25And I told the exiles all the things that the Lord had shown me.Amos 7:4
4 qThis is what the Lord God showed me: behold, the Lord God was calling rfor a judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land.Amos 7:7
7 sThis is what he showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with ta plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.Amos 8:1
The Coming Day of Bitter Mourning
1 uThis is what the Lord God showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit.Zechariah 1:20
20Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen.
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