Jeremiah 24:3

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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.“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.”

In other translations

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.“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.”

Hebrew words

וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֵלַי'elaito meH413מָה־mah-what?H4100אַתָּה'atah[are] youH859רֹאֶהro'ehseeingH7200יִרְמְיָהוּyirmeyahuO JeremiahH3414וָאֹמַרva'omarand I saidH559תְּאֵנִיםte'enimfigsH8384הַתְּאֵנִיםhate'enimthe figsH8384הַטֹּבוֹתhatot<the> goodH2896טֹבוֹתtovot[are] goodH2896מְאֹדme'odveryH3966וְהָרָעוֹתvehara'otand the bad [figs]H7451רָעוֹתra'ot[are] badH7451מְאֹדme'odveryH3966אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834לֹא־lo'-notH3808תֵאָכַלְנָהte'akhalnahthey will be eatenH398מֵרֹעַ׃ פmeroa'from badnessH7455

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