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Jeremiah 24:4
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to me:
The word of the Lord came to me:
Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
King James Version
Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
English Standard Version
Then the word of the Lord came to me:
Then the word of the Lord came to me:
New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New Century Version
Then the Lord spoke his word to me:
Then the Lord spoke his word to me:
Amplified Bible
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Againe the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Againe the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Contemporary English Version
Then the Lord told me to say:
Then the Lord told me to say:
Complete Jewish Bible
The word of Adonai came to me:
The word of Adonai came to me:
Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the message from the Lord came to me.
Then the message from the Lord came to me.
George Lamsa Translation
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Good News Translation
So the Lord said to me,
So the Lord said to me,
Lexham English Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Literal Translation
Again the Word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
Again the Word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto me, after this maner:
Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto me, after this maner:
American Standard Version
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
King James Version (1611)
Againe, the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying;
Againe, the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto me, after this maner:
Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto me, after this maner:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
English Revised Version
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to me,
And the word of the Lord was maad to me,
Update Bible Version
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New English Translation
The Lord said to me,
The Lord said to me,
New King James Version
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New Living Translation
Then the Lord gave me this message:
Then the Lord gave me this message:
New Life Bible
Then the Word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Then the Word of the Lord came to me, saying,
New Revised Standard
Then the word of the Lord came to me:
Then the word of the Lord came to me:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:
Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Revised Standard Version
Then the word of the LORD came to me:
Then the word of the LORD came to me:
Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:
THE MESSAGE
Then God told me, "This is the Message from the God of Israel: The exiles from here that I've sent off to the land of the Babylonians are like the good figs, and I'll make sure they get good treatment. I'll keep my eye on them so that their lives are good, and I'll bring them back to this land. I'll build them up, not tear them down; I'll plant them, not uproot them.
Then God told me, "This is the Message from the God of Israel: The exiles from here that I've sent off to the land of the Babylonians are like the good figs, and I'll make sure they get good treatment. I'll keep my eye on them so that their lives are good, and I'll bring them back to this land. I'll build them up, not tear them down; I'll plant them, not uproot them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Contextual Overview
1After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, 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. 2One 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." 4Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,5"This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans. 6I will keep My eyes upon their good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them. 7I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart. 8But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten, says the LORD, so I will deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem-those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt. 9I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace, an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing, wherever I have banished them. 10And I will send the sword, famine, and plague against them, until they have perished from the land I gave to them and their fathers.'"
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Cross-References
Genesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your offspring." So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your offspring." So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Genesis 24:20
And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.
And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.
Genesis 24:23
"Whose daughter are you?" he asked. "Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?"
"Whose daughter are you?" he asked. "Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?"
Genesis 28:2
"Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother's father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.
"Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother's father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. As follows; where an explanation is given of the above vision, to which this is a transition.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The complete fulfillment of this prophecy belongs to the Christian Church. There is a close analogy between Jeremiah at the first destruction of Jerusalem and our Lord at the second. There the good figs were those converts picked out by the preaching of Christ and the Apostles; the bad figs were the mass of the people left for Titus and the Romans to destroy.
Jeremiah 24:5
Acknowledge ... for their good - Specially their spiritual good. Put a comma after Chaldaeans.
Jeremiah 24:8
That dwell in the land of Egypt - Neither those carried captive with Jehoahaz into Egypt, nor those who fled there, are to share in these blessings. The new life of the Jewish nation is to be the work only of the exiles in Babylon.
