Jeremiah 24:2

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.

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KJV

King James Version

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

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.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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Jeremiah 24

¹ After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.

² One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.

³ “Jeremiah,” the LORD asked, “what do you see?” “Figs!” I replied. “The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be eaten.”

⁴ Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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