American Standard Version - King James Version

 24:1 ¶ Jehovah showed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of Jehovah, 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 craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

 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.°

 24:2 One 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.

 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.°°

 24:3 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.

 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.°°

 24:4 ¶ And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

 24:4 ¶ Again the word° of the LORD° came° unto° me, saying,°°

 24:5 Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good.

 24:5 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.°

 24:6 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.

 24:6 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.°°

 24:7 And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Jehovah: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

 24:7 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°° unto° me with their whole° heart.°

 24:8 ¶ And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad, surely thus saith Jehovah, So will I give up 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,

 24:8 ¶ 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:°

 24:9 I will even give them up to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

 24:9 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° whither°° I shall drive°° them.

 24:10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.

 24:10 And I will send°°° the sword,°° the famine,° and the pestilence,° among them, till° they be consumed°° from off°° the land° that° I gave°° unto them and to their fathers.°