Jeremiah 24
Ways of reading
Basic English Bible (BBE). Give a touch to a verse number or bar to see other forms and knowledge.
Good and bad figs represent the Jews as prisoners, and those who remain in their own land
Verse 1
WEB Yahweh showed me, and behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of Yahweh, after that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
KJV The LORD showed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
TSK A. M. 3406. B.C. 598. Lord: am 3:7, am 7:1,4,7, am 8:1, zec 1:20, zec 3:1; two: de 26:2-4; after: jer 22:24-28, jer 29:2, 2ki 24:12-16, 2ch 36:10, eze 19:9; smiths: 1sa 13:19,20
Verse 2
WEB One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
KJV One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
TSK One basket: jer 24:5-7, ho 9:10, mic 7:1; naughty: jer 24:8-10, isa 5:4,7, eze 15:2-5, mal 1:12-14, mt 5:13
Verse 3
WEB Then Yahweh said to me, What do you see, Jeremiah? I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that can’t be eaten, they are so bad.
KJV Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
TSK What: jer 1:11-14, 1sa 9:9, am 7:8, am 8:2, zec 4:2, zec 5:2,5-11, mt 25:32,33
Verse 4
WEB The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
KJV Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
TSK No cross references.
Verse 5
WEB Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good.
KJV Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
TSK I acknowledge: na 1:7, zec 13:9, mt 25:12, joh 10:27, 1co 8:3, ga 4:9, 2ti 2:19; for: de 8:16, ps 94:12-14, ps 119:67,71, ro 8:28, heb 12:5-10, re 3:19
Verse 6
WEB For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
KJV For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
TSK For I will: jer 21:10, de 11:12, 2ch 16:9, ne 5:19, job 33:27,28, ps 34:15, 1pe 3:12; and I will bring: jer 12:15, jer 23:3, jer 29:10, jer 32:37, eze 11:15-17, eze 36:24; I will build: jer 1:10, jer 18:7-9, jer 32:41, jer 33:7, jer 42:10
Verse 7
WEB I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Yahweh: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return to me with their whole heart.
KJV And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
TSK I will give: jer 31:33,34, jer 32:39, de 30:6, eze 11:19,20, eze 36:24-28; and they: jer 30:22, jer 31:33, jer 32:38, de 26:17-19, eze 37:23,27, zec 8:8, zec 13:9, heb 8:10, heb 11:16; for they: jer 3:10, jer 29:12-14, de 4:29-31, de 30:2-5, 1sa 7:3, 1ki 8:46-50, 2ch 6:38, isa 55:6,7, ho 14:1-3, ro 6:17
Verse 8
WEB As the bad figs, which can’t be eaten, they are so bad, surely thus says Yahweh, So will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt,
KJV And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
TSK as: jer 24:2,5, jer 29:16-18; So will: jer 21:10, jer 32:28,29, jer 34:17-22, jer 37:10,17, jer 38:18-23, jer 39:2-9, jer 52:2-11, eze 12:12-16, eze 17:11-21; and them: jer 43:1-44
Verse 9
WEB I will even give them up to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.
KJV And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
TSK to be removed: jer 15:4, jer 34:17, de 28:25,37,65-67, eze 5:1,2,12,13; to be a: jer 19:8, jer 25:18, jer 26:6, jer 42:18, jer 44:12,22, 1ki 9:7, 2ch 7:20, ps 44:13,14, la 2:15-17, eze 25:3, eze 26:2, eze 36:2,3; a curse: jer 29:18,22, ps 109:18,19, isa 65:15
Verse 10
WEB I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, until they be consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.
KJV And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
TSK And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.: jer 5:12, jer 9:16, jer 14:15,16, jer 15:2, jer 16:4, jer 19:7, jer 34:17, isa 51:19, eze 5:12-17, eze 6:12-14, eze 7:15, eze 14:12-21, eze 33:27