Jeremiah

¹²Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well; for I watch over my word to perform it.” ¹³the Lord’s word came to me the second time, saying, “What do you see?”I said, “I see a boiling cauldron; and it is tipping away from the north.” ¹⁴Then the Lord said to me, “Out of the north, evil will break out on all the inhabitants of the land. ¹⁵For, behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” says the Lord.“They will come, and they will each set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem,and against all its walls all around, and against all the cities of Judah. ¹⁶I will utter my judgments against them concerning all their wickedness,in that they have forsaken me,and have burned incense to other gods,and worshiped the works of their own hands. ¹⁷“You therefore put your belt on your waist, arise, and say to them all that I command you. Don’t be dismayed at them, lest I dismay you before them. ¹⁸For, behold, I have made you today a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.