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Jeremiah 24:10 (ERVEN) Easy to Read - English

1 The Lord showed me these things: I saw two baskets of figs arranged in front of the Temple of the Lord. (I saw this vision after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon took Jeconiah as a prisoner. Jeconiah was the son of King Jehoiakim. Jeconiah and his important officials were taken away from Jerusalem. They were taken to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar also took away all the carpenters and metalworkers of Judah.)
2 One basket had very good figs in it, the kind that ripen early in the season. But the other basket had rotten figs. They were too rotten to eat.
3 The Lord said to me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" I answered, "I see figs. The good figs are very good, and the rotten figs are very rotten. They are too rotten to eat."
4 Then the message of the Lord came to me.
5 The Lord, the God of Israel, said: "The people of Judah were taken from their country. Their enemy brought them to Babylon. Those people will be like these good figs. I will be kind to them.
6 I will protect them. I will bring them back to the land of Judah. I will not tear them down—I will build them up. I will not pull them up—I will plant them so that they can grow.
7 I will make them want to know me. They will know that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God. I will do this because the prisoners in Babylon will turn to me with their whole hearts.
8 "But King Zedekiah of Judah will be like those figs that are too rotten to eat. Zedekiah, his high officials, all those who are left in Jerusalem, and those people of Judah who are living in Egypt will be like the rotten figs.
9 "I will punish them. Their punishment will shock all the people on earth. People will make fun of those people from Judah. People will tell jokes about them and curse them in all the places where I scatter them.
10 I will send a sword, famine, and disease against them. I will attack them until they have all been killed. Then they will no longer be on the land that I gave to them and to their ancestors. "
1 The LORD H3068 EDS showed H7200 me , and , behold H2009 IJEC , two H8147 ONUM baskets H1736 of figs H8384 were set H3259 before H6440 L-CMP the temple H1964 CMS of the LORD H3068 EDS , after that H310 PREP Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 NMS of Babylon H894 LFS had carried away captive H1540 Jeconiah H3204 the son H1121 CMS of Jehoiakim H3079 king H4428 NMS of Judah H3063 , and the princes H8269 CMP of Judah H3063 , with H854 W-PART the carpenters H2796 and smiths H4525 , from Jerusalem H3389 , and had brought H935 them to Babylon H894 .
2 One H259 MMS basket H1731 had very H3966 ADV good H2896 figs H8384 , even like the figs H8384 that are first ripe H1073 : and the other H259 MMS basket H1731 had very H3966 ADV naughty H7451 figs H8384 , which H834 RPRO could not H3808 NADV be eaten H398 , they were so bad H7455 .
3 Then said H559 W-VQY3MS the LORD H3068 EDS unto H413 PREP-1MS me , What H4100 IGAT seest H7200 VQPMS thou H859 PPRO-2MS , Jeremiah H3414 ? And I said H559 W-VQY3MS , Figs H8384 ; the good H2896 figs H8384 , very H3966 ADV good H2896 ; and the evil H7451 , very H3966 ADV evil H7451 , that H834 RPRO cannot H3808 NADV be eaten H398 , they are so evil H7455 .
4 Again the word H1697 NMS of the LORD H3068 EDS came H1961 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP-1MS me , saying H559 L-VQFC ,
5 Thus H3541 saith H559 VQQ3MS the LORD H3068 EDS , the God H430 CDP of Israel H3478 ; Like these H428 D-DPRO-3MP good H2896 figs H8384 , so H3651 ADV will I acknowledge H5234 VHY1MS them that are carried away captive H1546 of Judah H3063 , whom H834 RPRO I have sent H7971 out of H4480 PREP this H2088 D-PMS place H4725 D-NMS into the land H776 GFS of the Chaldeans H3778 TMP for their good H2896 .
6 For I will set H7760 W-VQQ1MS mine eyes H5869 CMS-1MS upon H5921 PREP them for good H2896 , and I will bring them again H7725 to H5921 PREP this H2063 D-DFS land H776 D-GFS : and I will build H1129 them , and not H3808 W-NPAR pull them down H2040 ; and I will plant H5193 them , and not H3808 W-NPAR pluck them up H5428 .
7 And I will give H5414 them a heart H3820 NMS to know H3045 L-VQFC me , that H3588 CONJ I H589 PPRO-1MS am the LORD H3068 EDS : and they shall be H1961 W-VQQ3MS my people H5971 , and I H595 W-PPRO-1MS will be H1961 VQY1MS their God H430 : for H3588 CONJ they shall return H7725 unto H413 PREP-1MS me with their whole H3605 B-CMS heart H3820 NMS .
8 And as the evil H7451 figs H8384 , which H834 RPRO cannot H3808 NADV be eaten H398 , they are so evil H7455 ; surely H3588 CONJ thus H3541 saith H559 VQQ3MS the LORD H3068 EDS , So H3651 ADV will I give H5414 VQY1MS Zedekiah H6667 the king H4428 NMS of Judah H3063 , and his princes H8269 CMP-3MS , and the residue H7611 of Jerusalem H3389 , that remain H7604 in this H2063 D-DFS land H776 B-NFS , and them that dwell H3427 in the land H776 B-GFS of Egypt H4714 :
9 And I will deliver H5414 them to be removed H2189 into all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the earth H776 D-GFS for their hurt H7451 , to be a reproach H2781 and a proverb H4912 , a taunt H8148 and a curse H7045 , in all H3605 B-CMS places H4725 whither H834 RPRO I shall drive H5080 them .
10 And I will send H7971 the sword H2719 D-GFS , the famine H7458 D-NMS , and the pestilence H1698 , among them , till H5704 PREP they be consumed H8552 from off H5921 M-PREP the land H127 D-NFS that H834 RPRO I gave H5414 VQQ1MS unto them and to their fathers H1 .