24:1 |
NIV2011 | After Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the craftsmen 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. | After Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the craftsmen artisans and the artisans other skilled workers 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. | After Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the craftsmen 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. |
24:2 |
tNIV | One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early; the other basket had very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten. | One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early; the other basket had very poor bad figs, so bad they could not be eaten. | One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early; the other basket had very poor bad figs, so bad they could not be eaten. |
24:3 |
tNIV | Then the LORD asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” “Figs,” I answered. “The good ones are very good, but the poor ones are so bad they cannot be eaten.” | Then the LORD asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” “Figs,” I answered. “The good ones are very good, but the poor bad ones are so bad they cannot be eaten.” | Then the LORD asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” “Figs,” I answered. “The good ones are very good, but the poor bad ones are so bad they cannot be eaten.” |
24:8 |
tNIV | “‘But like the poor 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. | “‘But like the poor 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. | “‘But like the poor 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. |
24:9 |
tNIV | I will make them abhorrent and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword, an object of ridicule and cursing, wherever I banish them. | I will make them abhorrent and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword, a curse and an object of ridicule and cursing, wherever I banish them. | I will make them abhorrent and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword, a curse and an object of ridicule and cursing, wherever I banish them. |
24:10 |
tNIV | I will send the sword, famine and plague against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and their fathers.’” | I will send the sword, famine and plague against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and their fathers ancestors.’” | I will send the sword, famine and plague against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and their fathers ancestors.’” |