Jeremiah 24:4

The NET Bible®

The Lord said to me,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to me:

Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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

English Standard Version
Then the word of the Lord came to me:

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

New Century Version
Then the Lord spoke his word to me:

Amplified Bible
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Againe the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

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

Contemporary English Version
Then the Lord told me to say:

Complete Jewish Bible
The word of Adonai came to me:

Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the message from the Lord came to me.

George Lamsa Translation
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Good News Translation
So the Lord said to me,

Lexham English Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Literal Translation
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:

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

Bible in Basic English
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

King James Version (1611)
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:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

English Revised Version
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to me,

Update Bible Version
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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

New Living Translation
Then the Lord gave me this message:

New Life Bible
Then the Word of the Lord came to me, saying,

New Revised Standard
Then the word of the Lord came to me:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And 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:

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.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹ The Lord showed me two baskets of figs sitting before his temple. This happened after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon deported Jehoiakim's son, King Jeconiah of Judah. He deported him and the leaders of Judah, along with the craftsmen and metal workers, and took them to Babylon. ² One basket had very good-looking figs in it. They looked like those that had ripened early. The other basket had very bad-looking figs in it, so bad they could not be eaten. ³ The Lord said to me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" I answered, "I see figs. The good ones look very good. But the bad ones look very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten." ⁴ The Lord said to me, ⁵ "I, the Lord , the God of Israel, say: ‘The exiles whom I sent away from here to the land of Babylon are like those good figs. I consider them to be good. ⁶ I will look after their welfare and will restore them to this land. There I will build them up and will not tear them down. I will plant them firmly in the land and will not uproot them. ⁷ I will give them the desire to acknowledge that I am the Lord . I will be their God and they will be my people. For they will wholeheartedly return to me.' ⁸ "I, the Lord , also solemnly assert: ‘King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and the people who remain in Jerusalem or who have gone to live in Egypt are like those bad figs. I consider them to be just like those bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten. ⁹ I will bring such disaster on them that all the kingdoms of the earth will be horrified. I will make them an object of reproach, a proverbial example of disaster. I will make them an object of ridicule, an example to be used in curses. That is how they will be remembered wherever I banish them. ¹⁰ I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them until they are completely destroyed from the land I gave them and their ancestors.'"

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Cross-References

Genesis 12:7
The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." So Abram built an altar there to the Lord , who had appeared to him.

Genesis 24:20
She quickly emptied her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw more water until she had drawn enough for all his camels.

Genesis 24:23
"Whose daughter are you?" he asked. "Tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?"

Genesis 28:2
Leave immediately for Paddan Aram! Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and find yourself a wife there, 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.