10. Today I appoint youover nations and over kingdoms,To uproot and to tear down,to destroy and to demolish,to build and to plant.
11. The word of the Lord came to me: What do you see, Jeremiah? “I see a branch of the almond tree,” I replied.
12. Then the Lord said to me: You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to carry it out.
13. A second time the word of the Lord came to me: What do you see? I replied, “I see a boiling kettle whose mouth is tipped away from the north.”
14. The Lord said to me, And from the north evil will pour out over all who dwell in the land.