Jeremiah 24:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 24:4

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 ^abad.

3 Then the Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “Figs, the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad.”

4 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

5 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Like these good figs, so will I¹ acknowledge those who are carried away captive from Judah, whom I have sent out of this place for their own good, into the land of the Chaldeans.

6 For I will set My eyes on them for good, and ^aI will bring them back to this land; ^bI will build them and not pull them down, and I will plant them and not pluck them up.

7 Then I will give them ^aa heart to know Me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be ^bMy people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me ^cwith their whole heart.

8 ‘And as the bad ^afigs which cannot be eaten, they are so bad’—surely thus says the Lord—‘so will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, his princes, the ^bresidue of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and ^cthose who dwell in the land of Egypt.

9 I will deliver them to ^atrouble into all the kingdoms of the earth, for their harm, ^bto be a reproach and a byword, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.

10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, till they are¹ consumed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’ ”

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 24:4

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American Standard Version
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Amplified® Bible
Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Contemporary English Version
Then the LORD told me to say:

Darby English Version
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Good News Bible
So the LORD said to me,

King James Version
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

New International Version
Then the word of the LORD came to me:

New King James Version
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Revised Standard Version
Then the word of the LORD came to me:

Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

New English Translation
The Lord said to me,¹

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