Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
Jehovah
showed
me, and, behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of Jehovah
, 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 craftsmen
and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
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.
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.
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.
Then said Jehovah
unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad
, very bad
, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad
.
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
.
And
the word of Jehovah
came unto me, saying,
Again
the word of the
LORD
came unto me, saying,
Thus saith Jehovah
, the God of Israel :
Like these good figs, so will I regard
the
captives
of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans ,
for good.
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.
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.
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.
And I will give them a
heart to know me, that I am Jehovah
: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God ;
for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
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.
And as the bad
figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad,
surely thus saith Jehovah
, So will I give up
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 ,
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 :
I will even
give
them up
to be tossed
to
and
fro
among
all the kingdoms of the earth for evil;
to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
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.
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.
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.
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