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Jeremiah 24

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1 ¶ The LORD shewed 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. LORDH3068 shewedH7200 twoH8147 basketsH1736 figsH8384 setH3259 beforeH6440 templeH1964 LORDH3068 afterH310 NebuchadrezzarH5019 kingH4428 BabylonH894 captiveH1540 JeconiahH3204 sonH1121 JehoiakimH3079 kingH4428 JudahH3063 princesH8269 JudahH3063 carpentersH2796 smithsH4525 JerusalemH3389 broughtH935 BabylonH894 See also: Jeremiah 29:2 2 Chronicles 36:10 2 Kings 24:12-16 Deuteronomy 26:2-4 1 Samuel 13:19-20

2 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. OneH259 basketH1731 veryH3966 goodH2896 figsH8384 figsH8384 ripeH1073 otherH259 basketH1731 veryH3966 naughtyH7451 figsH8384 eatenH398 badH7455 See also: Isaiah 5:4 Isaiah 5:7 Micah 7:1 Jeremiah 24:5-10 Jeremiah 29:17

3 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. saidH559 LORDH3068 seestH7200 JeremiahH3414 saidH559 FigsH8384 goodH2896 figsH8384 veryH3966 goodH2896 evilH7451 veryH3966 evilH7451 eatenH398 evilH7455 See also: Amos 8:2 Jeremiah 1:11-14 Zechariah 4:2 Zechariah 5:5-11 Matthew 25:32-33

4 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, wordH1697 LORDH3068 sayingH559

5 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. saithH559 LORDH3068 GodH430 IsraelH3478 goodH2896 figsH8384 acknowledgeH5234 captiveH1546 JudahH3063 sentH7971 placeH4725 landH776 ChaldeansH3778 goodH2896 See also: Zechariah 13:9 Nahum 1:7 Deuteronomy 8:16 Psalms 94:12-14 Psalms 119:67

6 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. setH7760 eyesH5869 goodH2896 againH7725 landH776 buildH1129 downH2040 plantH5193 upH5428 See also: Jeremiah 42:10 Jeremiah 29:10 Jeremiah 33:7 Jeremiah 12:15 Jeremiah 32:41

7 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. giveH5414 heartH3820 knowH3045 LORDH3068 peopleH5971 GodH430 returnH7725 heartH3820 See also: Hebrews 8:10 Jeremiah 30:22 Ezekiel 37:23 Ezekiel 36:24-28 Zechariah 8:8

8 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: evilH7451 figsH8384 eatenH398 evilH7455 saithH559 LORDH3068 giveH5414 ZedekiahH6667 kingH4428 JudahH3063 princesH8269 residueH7611 JerusalemH3389 remainH7604 landH776 dwellH3427 landH776 EgyptH4714 See also: Jeremiah 43:1 Jeremiah 24:2 Jeremiah 29:16-18 Jeremiah 37:17 Jeremiah 39:2-9

9 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. deliverH5414 removedH2189 removedH2113 kingdomsH4467 earthH776 hurtH7451 reproachH2781 proverbH4912 tauntH8148 curseH7045 placesH4725 driveH5080 See also: Deuteronomy 28:37 Jeremiah 29:18 1 Kings 9:7 Jeremiah 15:4 Jeremiah 25:18

10 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. sendH7971 swordH2719 famineH7458 pestilenceH1698 consumedH8552 landH127 gaveH5414 fathersH1 See also: Isaiah 51:19 Jeremiah 19:7 Ezekiel 5:12-17 Jeremiah 5:12 Jeremiah 9:16

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