Verse 3
Jeremiah 24:3
Bible in Basic English
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Then the Lord said to me, What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs are very good, and the bad very bad, and of no use for food, they are so bad.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗/י מָֽה אַתָּ֤ה רֹאֶה֙ יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ וָ/אֹמַ֖ר תְּאֵנִ֑ים הַ/תְּאֵנִ֤ים הַ/טֹּבוֹת֙ טֹב֣וֹת מְאֹ֔ד וְ/הָֽ/רָעוֹת֙ רָע֣וֹת מְאֹ֔ד אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא תֵאָכַ֖לְנָה מֵ/רֹֽעַ
English Translation
And the LORD said to me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" And I said, "Fig trees, the good figs very good, and the bad figs very bad, which cannot be eaten due to their badness."
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Chapter 24 Context
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The Lord gave me a vision, and I saw two baskets full of figs put in front of the Temple of the Lord...
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One basket had very good figs, like the figs which first come to growth: and the other basket had ve...
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3
Then the Lord said to me, What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs are very good,...
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And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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This is what the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, has said: Like these good figs, so in my eyes wil...
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For I will keep my eyes on them for good, and I will take them back again to this land, building the...
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And I will give them a heart to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord: and they will be my people...
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And like the bad figs which are so bad that they are of no use for food, so I will give up Zedekiah,...
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I will give them up to be a cause of fear and of trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth; to be...
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And I will send the sword, and need of food, and disease, among them till they are all cut off from...
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