Jeremiah 24 · Verse 2

Jeremiah 24:2

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.
Jeremiah 24:2, King James Version

Jeremiah 24:2 in other translations

BSBOne 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.
WEBOne basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
ASVOne basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
YLTIn the one basket are figs very good, like the first-ripe figs, and in the other basket are figs very bad, that are not eaten for badness.
DARBYOne basket had very good figs, like the figs first ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten for badness.
BBEOne basket had very good figs, like the figs which first come to growth: and the other basket had very bad figs, so bad that they were of no use for food.
WebsterOne basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very poor figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

What does Jeremiah 24:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. figs ... first ripe--the "boccora," or early fig (see on Is 28:4). Baskets of figs used to be offered as first-fruits in the temple. The good figs represent Jeconiah and the exiles in Babylon; the bad, Zedekiah and the obstinate Jews in Judea. They are called good and bad respectively, not in an absolute, but a comparative sense, and in reference to the punishment of the latter. This prophecy was designed to encourage the despairing exiles, and to reprove the people at home, who prided themselves as superior to those in Babylon and abused the forbearance of God (compare Jr 52:31-34).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Jeremiah 24:2 in the original Hebrew

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הַדּ֣וּדha.Dudthe basketH1731
אֶחָ֗ד'e.ChadoneH259
תְּאֵנִים֙te.'e.Nim[was] figsH8384
טֹב֣וֹתto.VotgoodH2896
מְאֹ֔דme.'OdveryH3966
כִּתְאֵנֵ֖יkit.'e.Neilike [the] figs ofH8384
הַבַּכֻּר֑וֹתha.ba.ku.Rotthe early figsH1063
וְהַדּ֣וּדve.ha.Dudand the basketH1731
אֶחָ֗ד'e.ChadoneH259
תְּאֵנִים֙te.'e.Nim[was] figsH8384
רָע֣וֹתra.'otbadH7451
מְאֹ֔דme.'OdveryH3966
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
תֵֽאָכַ֖לְנָהte.'a.Khal.nahthey will be eatenH398
מֵרֹֽעַ\׃\ \סme.Ro.a'from badnessH7455

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 24:2

  • Isaiah 5:4

    What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

  • Isaiah 5:7

    For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

  • Micah 7:1

    Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.

  • Hosea 9:10

    I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal–peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.

  • Ezekiel 15:2-5

    Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work? Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?

  • Jeremiah 29:17

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

  • Malachi 1:12-14

    But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the Lord of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the Lord. But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

  • Jeremiah 24:5-10

    Thus saith 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. For I will set mine eyes upon 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. 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 unto me with their whole heart. And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith 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: …

  • Matthew 5:13

    Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
One basket.
5-7; Ho 9:10; Mic 7:1
first ripe.The {boccore,} or figs of the early sort; perhaps those which are ripe about six weeks before the full season, which are reckoned a great dainty. See Note on Isa 28:4.
naughty.The winter fig, probably, then in its crude or unripe state.
8-10; Isa 5:4,7; Eze 15:2-5; Mal 1:12-14; Mt 5:13
they were so bad. Heb. for badness.

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Context

  • Jeremiah 24:1

    The Lord shewed 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.

  • Jeremiah 24:2

    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.

  • Jeremiah 24:3

    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.

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Jeremiah 24:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		La una cesta tenía higos muy buenos, como brevas; y la otra cesta tenía higos muy malos, que no se podían comer de malos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’un des paniers avait de très bonnes figues, comme les figues de la première saison; et l’autre panier avait de très mauvaises figues qu’on ne pouvait manger, tant elles étaient mauvaises.
German
Elberfelder 1871		In dem einen Korbe waren sehr gute Feigen, gleich den Frühfeigen; und in dem anderen Korbe waren sehr schlechte Feigen, die vor Schlechtigkeit nicht gegessen werden konnten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		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.