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Jeremiah 1:13

Western Saints

Jerome

And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying: What do you see? And I said, I see a boiling pot, and its face is from the north. And the Lord said to me: From the north evil will be opened (or kindled) upon all the inhabitants of the land. To some degrees, the torments are given to the sinners, so that they may gradually come to salvation. …

Commentary on Jeremiah ↗

Bonaventure

In the mystery of prophetical revelation, Christ is symbolized especially by means of sight: the prophet saw "a boiling cauldron" and other things also.

Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 14 ↗