Jeremiah 24:8

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Summary

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:

As

Jeremiah 24:2

Jeremiah 29:16

So will

General references

Genesis 41:18

Ezekiel 12:20

Ezekiel 15:3

Bible References

As

One basket had very good-looking figs in it. They looked like those that had ripened early. The other basket had very bad-looking figs in it, so bad they could not be eaten.

But just listen to what the Lord has to say about the king who occupies David's throne and all your fellow countrymen who are still living in this city of Jerusalem and were not carried off into exile with you.

So will

For I, the Lord, say that I am determined not to deliver this city but to bring disaster on it. It will be handed over to the king of Babylon and he will destroy it with fire.'"

Therefore I, the Lord, say: 'I will indeed hand this city over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and the Babylonian army. They will capture it.

So I, the Lord, say: "You have not really obeyed me and granted freedom to your neighbor and fellow countryman. Therefore, I will grant you freedom, the freedom to die in war, or by starvation or disease. I, the Lord, affirm it! I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified at what happens to you.

For even if you were to defeat all the Babylonian forces fighting against you so badly that only wounded men were left lying in their tents, they would get up and burn this city down."'"

But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be handed over to the Babylonians and they will burn it down. You yourself will not escape from them.'"

It lasted until the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year. On that day they broke through the city walls.

He did what displeased the Lord just as Jehoiakim had done.

"The prince who is among them will raise his belongings onto his shoulder in darkness, and will go out. He will dig a hole in the wall to leave through. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes.

Then the word of the Lord came to me:

General references

Then seven fat and fine-looking cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds.

The inhabited towns will be left in ruins and the land will be devastated. Then you will know that I am the Lord.'"

Can wood be taken from it to make anything useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?