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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- Amos 8:2And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.“Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”
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