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1. The LORD showed 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.
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1. The LORD H3068 showed H7200 me, and, behold H2009 , two H8147 baskets H1736 of figs H8384 were set H3259 before H6440 the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 , after that H310 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 had carried away captive H1540 H853 Jeconiah H3204 the son H1121 of Jehoiakim H3079 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , and the princes H8269 of Judah H3063 , with H854 the carpenters H2796 and smiths H4525 , from Jerusalem H4480 H3389 , and had brought H935 them to Babylon H894 .
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2. 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.
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2. One H259 basket H1731 had very H3966 good H2896 figs H8384 , even like the figs H8384 that are first ripe H1073 : and the other H259 basket H1731 had very H3966 naughty H7451 figs H8384 , which H834 could not H3808 be eaten H398 , they were so bad H4480 H7455 .
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3. Then said the LORD to me, What see you, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
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3. Then said H559 the LORD H3068 unto H413 me, What H4100 seest H7200 thou H859 , Jeremiah H3414 ? And I said H559 , Figs H8384 ; the good H2896 figs H8384 , very H3966 good H2896 ; and the evil H7451 , very H3966 evil H7451 , that H834 cannot H3808 be eaten H398 , they are so evil H4480 H7455 .
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4. Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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4. Again the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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5. Thus said 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.
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5. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , the God H430 of Israel H3478 ; Like these H428 good H2896 figs H8384 , so H3651 will I acknowledge H5234 H853 them that are carried away captive H1546 of Judah H3063 , whom H834 I have sent H7971 out of H4480 this H2088 place H4725 into the land H776 of the Chaldeans H3778 for their good H2896 .
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6. For I will set my eyes on 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.
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6. For I will set H7760 mine eyes H5869 upon H5921 them for good H2896 , and I will bring them again H7725 to H5921 this H2063 land H776 : and I will build H1129 them , and not H3808 pull them down H2040 ; and I will plant H5193 them , and not H3808 pluck them up H5428 .
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7. 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 to me with their whole heart.
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7. And I will give H5414 them a heart H3820 to know H3045 me, that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 : and they shall be H1961 my people H5971 , and I H595 will be H1961 their God H430 : for H3588 they shall return H7725 unto H413 me with their whole H3605 heart H3820 .
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8. And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus said 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:
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8. And as the evil H7451 figs H8384 , which H834 cannot H3808 be eaten H398 , they are so evil H4480 H7455 ; surely H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , So H3651 will I give H5414 H853 Zedekiah H6667 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 , and his princes H8269 , and the residue H7611 of Jerusalem H3389 , that remain H7604 in this H2063 land H776 , and them that dwell H3427 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 :
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9. 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 where I shall drive them.
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9. And I will deliver H5414 them to be removed H2189 into all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the earth H776 for their hurt H7451 , to be a reproach H2781 and a proverb H4912 , a taunt H8148 and a curse H7045 , in all H3605 places H4725 whither H834 H8033 I shall drive H5080 them.
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10. And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.
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10. And I will send H7971 H853 the sword H2719 , H853 the famine H7458 , and the pestilence H1698 , among them, till H5704 they be consumed H8552 from off H4480 H5921 the land H127 that H834 I gave H5414 unto them and to their fathers H1 .
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