Jeremiah 24:2

Translations

Modern

One 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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

One basket had very good figs like the figs first ripe, and the other basket had very bad figs that could not be eaten for badness.

Latin

Calathus unus ficus bonas habebat nimis, ut solent ficus esse primi temporis: et calathus unus ficus habebat malas nimis, quæ comedi non poterant eo quod essent malæ.

Original

Hebrew

English

One 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.

Notes

Jeremiah 24:1–10

This 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.

Theme notes and profiles

Jeremiah The Collapse of Culture

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
Isaiah 5:4
What more could have been done for My vineyard than I have done for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?
Micah 7:1
Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.
Matthew 5:13
You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
Jeremiah 29:17
…this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.
Ezekiel 15:2–5
“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?
Malachi 1:12–14
“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’
Hosea 9:10
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.
Jeremiah 24:5–10
“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.

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Food and Food Preparation Jeremiah (Person)

Topics

Compared To Saints: Good Figs Fig Tree: Jeremiah's Parable of Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Blessing and Restoration Righteous: Good Figs Symbols and Similitudes: Basket of Fruit The Fig-Tree: Fruit of (Bad) of Wicked Men The Fig-Tree: Fruit of (Good) of Saints The Fig-Tree: Fruit of First Ripe Esteemed

Jeremiah 24:2

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