Jeremiah 24:2

Jeremiah 24:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)One basket had very good figs, like first-ripe figs, but the other basket had very bad figs, so bad that they could not be eaten.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)One basket was filled with fresh, ripe figs, while the other was filled with bad figs that were too rotten to eat.

Context of Jeremiah 24:2

1After Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the skilled workers and the artisans of Judah were carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Lord showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the Lord. One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early; the other basket had very bad figs, so bad they could not be eaten. 3Then the Lord asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” “Figs,” I answered. “The good ones are very good, but the bad ones are so bad they cannot be eaten.” 4Then the word of the Lord came to me:

Jeremiah 24:2 word by word

הַדּ֣וּד אֶחָ֗ד תְּאֵנִים֙ טֹב֣וֹת מְאֹ֔ד כִּתְאֵנֵ֖י הַבַּכֻּר֑וֹת וְהַדּ֣וּד אֶחָ֗ד תְּאֵנִים֙ רָע֣וֹת מְאֹ֔ד אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־תֵֽאָכַ֖לְנָה מֵרֹֽעַ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• basketדּוּדdûd · potH1731
• veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• goodטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• figsתְּאֵנָהte'ên te'ênâh · figH8384
• first ripeבִּכּוּרָהbakkûrâh · first ripe figH1073
• naughtyרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: harmfulH7451
• which could not be eatenאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• they were so badרֹעַrôa‛ · evilH7455

Cross-references for Jeremiah 24:2

• Jeremiah 24:5“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I sent away from this place to the land of the Babylonians.
• Hosea 9:10“When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert; when I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree. But when they came to Baal Peor, they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol and became as vile as the thing they loved.
• Micah 7:1What misery is mine! I am like one who gathers summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster of grapes to eat, none of the early figs that I crave.
• Isaiah 28:4That fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley, will be like figs ripe before harvest— as soon as people see them and take them in hand, they swallow them.
• Jeremiah 24:8“ ‘But like the bad figs, which are so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the Lord, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials and the survivors from Jerusalem, whether they remain in this land or live in Egypt.
• Isaiah 5:4What more could have been done for my vineyard than I have done for it? When I looked for good grapes, why did it yield only bad?
• Ezekiel 15:2“Son of man, how is the wood of a vine different from that of a branch from any of the trees in the forest?
• Malachi 1:12“But you profane it by saying, ‘The Lord’s table is defiled,’ and, ‘Its food is contemptible.’
• Matthew 5:13“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 24:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Fig-trees bear three crops of figs, of which the first is regarded as a great delicacy.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-10This section discusses the meaning of the exile in 597 BC. Some people said it was God's way of removing the bad figs from the basket(Jerusalem) so the good figs could survive. Jeremiah argued the opposite. The good figs were taken out of the basket (into exile) so the bad figs would not destroy them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. figs ... first ripe--the "boccora," or early fig (see on Is 28:4). Baskets of figs used to be offered as first-fruits in the temple. The good figs represent Jeconiah and the exiles in Babylon; the bad, Zedekiah and the obstinate Jews in Judea. They are called good and bad respectively, not in an absolute, but a comparative sense, and in reference to the punishment of the latter. This prophecy was designed to encourage the despairing exiles, and to…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 24:2

• Fig Tree
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Righteous
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Naughty figs
• Basket
• Fig
• Kettle
• Naughtiness
• Proverb
• Captivity
• Fig, Fig-Tree
• Food
• Good

Commentaries on Jeremiah 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings