Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
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Interpretation
God gave Jeremiah a view of the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. The almond-tree, which is more forward in the spring than any other, represented the speedy approach of judgments.
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This thought runs through Jeremiah 1:11-15.