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World English Bible

Jeremiah 24 (WEBP)

[1] Yahweh showed me, and behold, two baskets of figs were set before Yahweh’s temple, after 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.
[2] 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.
[3] Then Yahweh 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.”
[4] Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
[5] “Yahweh, the God of Israel says: ‘Like these good figs, so I will regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, as good.
[6] For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land. I will build them, and not pull them down. I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
[7] I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Yahweh. They will be my people, and I will be their God; for they will return to me with their whole heart.
[8] “ ‘As the bad figs, which can’t be eaten, they are so bad,’ surely Yahweh says, ‘So I will give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt.
[9] 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 will drive them.
[10] I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, until they are consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.’ ”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Jeremiah 24 (KJVS)

[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 .
[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 .
[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 .
[4] Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying (),
[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 .
[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 ().
[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 .
[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 :
[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.
[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 .

Young’s Literal Translation

Jeremiah 24 (YLT)

[1] Jehovah hath shewed me, and lo, two baskets of figs, appointed before the temple of Jehovah,-after the removing by Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, of Jeconiah, son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the heads of Judah, and the artisan, and the smith, from Jerusalem, when he bringeth them into Babylon-
[2] In the one basket are figs very good, like the first-ripe figs, and in the other basket are figs very bad, that are not eaten for badness.
[3] And Jehovah saith unto me, ‘What art thou seeing, Jeremiah?’ and I say, ‘Figs, the good figs are very good, and the bad are very bad, that are not eaten for badness.’
[4] And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:
[5] Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Like these good figs so do I acknowledge The removed of Judah-that I sent from this place, To the land of the Chaldeans-for good.
[6] And I have set Mine eyes on them for good, And have brought them back to this land, And built them up, and I throw not down, And have planted them, and pluck not up.
[7] And have given to them a heart to know Me, For I am Jehovah, And they have been to Me for a people, And I am to them for God, For they turned back unto Me with all their heart.
[8] And like the bad figs, that are not eaten for badness, Surely thus said Jehovah: So do I make Zedekiah king of Judah, And his heads, and the remnant of Jerusalem, Who are left in this land, And who are dwelling in the land of Egypt,
[9] And I have given them for a trembling, For evil-to all kingdoms of the earth, For a reproach, and for a simile, For a byword, and for a reviling, In all the places whither I drive them.
[10] And I have sent against them the sword, The famine and the pestilence, Till their consumption from off the ground, That I gave to them and to their fathers!