Jeremiah 29:17 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 29:17

15 Because you have said, “The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon”—

16 ^atherefore thus says the Lord concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, concerning all the people who dwell in this city, and concerning your brethren who have not gone out with you into captivity—

17 thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like ^arotten figs that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

18 And I will pursue them with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence; and I ^awill deliver them to trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth—to be ^ba curse, an astonishment, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,

19 because they have not heeded My words, says the Lord, which ^aI sent to them by My servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; neither would you heed, says the Lord.

20 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.

21 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a ^alie to you in My name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes.

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 29:17

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American Standard Version
thus saith Jehovah of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

Amplified® Bible
Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I am sending on them the sword, famine, and pestilence, and I will make them like vile figs which are so bad they cannot be eaten.

Contemporary English Version
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Darby English Version
thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will send against them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like the vile figs, that cannot be eaten for badness.

Good News Bible
The LORD Almighty says, 'I am bringing war, starvation, and disease on them, and I will make them like figs that are too rotten to be eaten.

King James Version
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

New American Standard Bible
thus says the LORD of hosts, `Behold, I am sending upon them the sword, famine and pestilence, and I will make them like split-open figs that cannot be eaten due to rottenness.

New International Version
yes, this is what the LORD Almighty says: "I will send the sword, famine and plague against them and I will make them like poor figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten.

New King James Version
thus says the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like rotten figs that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Behold, I send upon them the sword, famine and pestilence, and I will make them like split-open figs that cannot be eaten due to rottenness.

Revised Standard Version
'Thus says the LORD of hosts, Behold, I am sending on them sword, famine, and pestilence, and I will make them like vile figs which are so bad they cannot be eaten.

Young's Literal Translation
Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Lo, I am sending among them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and I have given them up as figs that `are' vile, that are not eaten for badness.

New English Translation
The Lord who rules over all¹ says, ‘I will bring war,² starvation, and disease on them. I will treat them like figs that are so rotten³ they cannot be eaten.

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