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OET-LV and_ YHWH _he/it_said to_me what are_you seeing Oh_Yirməyāh/(Jeremiah) and_said figs the_figs the_good are_good very and_the_bad are_bad very which not they_will_be_eaten because_of_bad.
UHB וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י מָֽה־אַתָּ֤ה רֹאֶה֙ יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ וָאֹמַ֖ר תְּאֵנִ֑ים הַתְּאֵנִ֤ים הַטֹּבוֹת֙ טֹב֣וֹת מְאֹ֔ד וְהָֽרָעוֹת֙ רָע֣וֹת מְאֹ֔ד אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־תֵאָכַ֖לְנָה מֵרֹֽעַ׃פ ‡
(vayyoʼmer yhwh ʼēlay māh-ʼattāh roʼeh yirməyāhū vāʼomar təʼēnim hattəʼēnim haţţoⱱōt ţoⱱōt məʼod vəhārāˊōt rāˊōt məʼod ʼₐsher loʼ-tēʼākalnāh mēroˊa.◊)
Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς μὲ, τί σὺ ὁρᾷς Ἱερεμία; καὶ εἶπα, σύκα· σύκα τὰ χρηστὰ, χρηστὰ λίαν· καὶ τὰ πονηρὰ, πονηρὰ λίαν, ἃ οὐ βρωθήσεται ἀπὸ πονηρίας αὐτῶν.
(Kai eipe Kurios pros me, ti su horas Hieremia; kai eipa, suka; suka ta ⱪraʸsta, ⱪraʸsta lian; kai ta ponaʸra, ponaʸra lian, ha ou brōthaʸsetai apo ponaʸrias autōn. )
BrTr And the Lord said to me, What seest thou, Jeremias? and I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, which cannot be eaten, for their badness.
ULT Yahweh said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “Figs. Figs that are very good and figs that are so very bad they cannot be eaten.”
UST Then Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah, what do you see?”
¶ I replied, “I see some figs. Some are very good ones, but some are very bad, with the result that no one would eat them.”
BSB “Jeremiah,” the LORD asked “what do you see?” “Figs!” I replied. “The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be eaten.”
MSB (Same as BSB above)
OEB Then Jehovah said to me, "What seest thou, Jeremiah?" And I answered, "Figs – the good figs very good, and the bad very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten."
WEBBE Then the LORD asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”
¶ I said, “Figs. The good figs are very good, and the bad are very bad, so bad that they can’t be eaten.”
WMBB (Same as above)
NET The Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I answered, “I see figs. The good ones look very good. But the bad ones look very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten.”
LSV And YHWH says to me, “What are you seeing, Jeremiah?” And I say, “Figs, the good figs [are] very good, and the bad [are] very bad, that are not eaten because of badness.”
FBV “Jeremiah,” the Lord asked, “what can you see?”
¶ “I see figs!” I replied. “The good figs look very good, but the bad figs look very bad, so bad they can't be eaten.”
T4T Then Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah, what do you see?”
¶ I replied, “I see some figs. Some are very good ones, but some are very bad, with the result that no one would eat them.”
LEB No LEB JER book available
BBE Then the Lord said to me, What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs are very good, and the bad very bad, and of no use for food, they are so bad.
Moff No Moff JER book available
JPS Then said the LORD unto me: 'What seest thou, Jeremiah?' And I said: 'Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.'
ASV Then said Jehovah unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.
DRA And the Lord said to me: What seest thou, Jeremias? And I said: Figs, the good figs, very good: and the bad figs, very bad, which cannot be eaten because they are bad.
YLT And Jehovah saith unto me, 'What art thou seeing, Jeremiah?' and I say, 'Figs, the good figs [are] very good, and the bad [are] very bad, that are not eaten for badness.'
Drby And Jehovah said unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs: the good figs very good; and the bad very bad, which cannot be eaten for badness.
RV Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.
(Then said the LORD unto me, What seest/see thou/you, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad. )
SLT And Jehovah will say to me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? and saying, Figs: the good figs, exceedingly good; and the evil, exceedingly evil, which shall not be eaten from being evil.
Wbstr Then said the LORD to me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? and I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.
KJB-1769 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
(Then said the LORD unto me, What seest/see thou/you, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. )
KJB-1611 Then said the LORD vnto me; What seest thou Ieremiah? and I said: Figges: the good figges, very good and the euill, very euill, that cannot be eaten, they are so euill.
(Then said the LORD unto me; What seest/see thou/you Yeremiah? and I said: Figges: the good figs, very good and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.)
Bshps No Bshps JER book available
Gnva Then saide the Lord vnto mee, What seest thou, Ieremiah? And I said, Figges: ye good figges verie good, and the naughtie verie naughtie, which cannot be eaten, they are so euill.
(Then said the Lord unto me, What seest/see thou/you, Yeremiah? And I said, Figges: ye/you_all good figs verie good, and the naught/nothingie verie naught/nothingie, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil. )
Cvdl No Cvdl JER book available
Wycl No Wycl JER book available
Luth No Luth JER book available
ClVg Et dixit Dominus ad me: Quid tu vides, Jeremia? Et dixi: Ficus, ficus bonas, bonas valde: et malas, malas valde, quæ comedi non possunt eo quod sint malæ.
(And he_said Master to me: What you(sg) sees, Yeremia? And I_said: Ficus, fig_tree good(s)s, good(s)s very_much: and evils, evils very_much, which comedi not/no they_can by_him that let_them_be malæ. )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT JER book available
24:1-10 This section is a discussion of the meaning of the exile of 597 BC. Some were saying that it had been God’s way of getting the rotten figs out of the barrel (Jerusalem) so that the good figs would survive. Jeremiah said that the exact opposite was the case. The good figs had been taken out of the barrel (into exile) so that the rotten figs would not destroy them.
The Collapse of Culture
Impressive cultures full of creative and skilled people sometimes fall apart suddenly and completely. While digging, archaeologists often find a layer of ash between strata of remarkable artifacts; the ash indicates the destruction of the culture. This is one of the most disturbing aspects of human history.
Israel’s history is replete with cycles of courage and success followed by disaster. People of God led Israel into new periods of power (Joshua, Samuel, David, Solomon), but the nation repeatedly fell into worshiping deities other than the one true God. Repeatedly, God’s people fell under judgment as their culture disintegrated and their political independence was replaced with servitude and oppression. The northern kingdom of Israel was especially captivated by the idol-worship of Baal and Asherah. As a result, the Lord turned the northern kingdom over to the Assyrians, who demolished it in 722 BC.
In Jeremiah’s time, the collapse of spiritual and political culture was occurring in the southern kingdom of Judah. Some of the nation’s kings, including Josiah, faithfully followed the covenant ban on idol worship and led the people of Judah back to the Lord. However, many other rulers, including Josiah’s sons, did not carry on such reforms. For example, Jehoiakim had no interest in continuing his father’s revival of devotion to the Lord, seeing it as an impediment to his own political power. He was so hardened toward the Lord that he tried to kill Jeremiah, the Lord’s messenger. Zedekiah was more fearful than hardened, but he also refused to return to the Lord.
The Lord’s messages through Jeremiah contain strong indictments of Judah’s devotion to Baal (2:8; 7:9; 11:13, 17; 12:16; 19:5; 23:13, 27; 32:29, 35) and condemn the immorality that accompanied this idolatry. Judah’s moral depravity and spiritual rottenness—exemplified by its greed, hate, and violence—were exposed for all to see. Despite their stubborn refusal to turn away from idol worship and back to worship of the one true God, the people of Judah hoped that the Lord would work a miracle by defeating the Babylonian army and sending it back home. They thought that the Temple would magically protect them, not understanding that God was disgusted over what they were doing there, which was speeding their destruction rather than protecting them (7:4-15). They were totally unprepared to face the horror of defeat in war and the destruction of their nation, their capital, and their Temple. They were unaware that their spiritual and moral collapse had already made their doom certain.
Passages for Further Study
Josh 1:1-9; 11:16-23; 1 Sam 4:1-22; 2 Kgs 17:6-18; 23:1–25:30; Jer 7:4-15; 19:1-7; 24:1-10; 28:10-17; Dan 7:1–8:27
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
(Occurrence 0) they cannot be eaten
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said YHWH to=me what you(ms) see Yirməyāh/(Jeremiah) and,said figs the,figs the,good good very and,the,bad bad very which/who not eaten because_of,bad )
These can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: “no one could eat them … no one can eat them”