Verse 3
Jeremiah 24:3
World English Bible, British Edition
3
Then the LORD asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”
I said, “Figs. The good figs are very good, and the bad are very bad, so bad that they can’t be
eaten.”
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
1
The LORD showed me, and behold, two baskets of figs were set before the
LORD’s temple, after Nebucha...
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2
One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and
the other basket had very bad...
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3
Then the LORD asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”
I said, “Figs. The good figs are very good, and...
4
The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
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5
“The LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel says: ‘Like these good figs, so I will regard
the captives of...
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6
For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again
to this land. I will build them...
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7
I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be
my people, and I will be their...
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8
“‘As the bad figs, which can’t be eaten, they are so bad,’ surely
the LORD says, ‘So I will give up...
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9
I will even give them up to be tossed back and forth amongst all the
kingdoms of the earth for evil,...
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10
I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence amongst them,
until they are consumed from off...
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