Verse 3
Jeremiah 24:3
Free Bible Version
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“Jeremiah,” the Lord asked, “what can you see?” “I see figs!” I replied. “The good figs look very good, but the bad figs look very bad, so bad 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
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The Lord showed me in vision two baskets of figs placed in front of the Lord's Temple. This happened...
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One basket was full of very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket only had ve...
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3
“Jeremiah,” the Lord asked, “what can you see?” “I see figs!” I replied. “The good figs look very go...
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Then a message from the Lord came to me, saying,
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5
This is what the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: The good figs represent to me the exiles fr...
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I will give them the desire to know me, to know that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I wi...
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But the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten, says the Lord, represent the way I will deal with Zed...
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I'm going to make an example of them that will horrify and offend everyone on earth. They will be di...
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I'm going to attack them with war and famine and plague, until they're completely wiped out from the...
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