12. And the lord said, “That’s right, and it means that I am watching, and I will certainly carry out all my plans.”
13. Then the lord spoke to me again and asked, “What do you see now?”And I replied, “I see a pot of boiling water, spilling from the north.”
14. “Yes,” the lord said, “for terror from the north will boil out on the people of this land.
15. Listen! I am calling the armies of the kingdoms of the north to come to Jerusalem. I, the lord, have spoken!“They will set their thronesat the gates of the city.They will attack its wallsand all the other towns of Judah.