Jeremiah 24:1

Easy To Read Version

The Lord showed me these things: I saw two baskets of figs arranged in front of the temple {\cf2\super [196]} of the Lord. (I saw this vision after Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, took Jeconiah {\cf2\super [197]} as a prisoner. Jeconiah was the son of King Jehoiakim. Jeconiah and his important officials were taken away from Jerusalem. They were taken to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar also took away all the carpenters and metal-workers of Judah.)

Cross References

2 Kings 24:10

At that time, the officers of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and surrounded it.

2 Chronicles 36:10

In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent some servants to get Jehoiachin. They brought Jehoiachin and some valuable treasures from the Lord’s temple {\cf2\super [452]} to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar chose Zedekiah to be the new king of Judah and Jerusalem. Zedekiah was one of Jehoiachin’s relatives.

Isaiah 13:1

God showed Isaiah son of Amoz this sad message about Babylon.

Jeremiah 13:19

The cities in the Negev desert {\cf2\super [112]} are locked.\par No person can open them.\par All the people of Judah are taken into exile. {\cf2\super [113]} \par They were carried away as prisoners.\par

Jeremiah 27:20

Nebuchadnezzar didn’t take those things away at the time he took Jehoiachin king of Judah away as a prisoner. Jehoiachin was the son of King Jehoiakim. Nebuchadnezzar also took other important people away from Judah and Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 28:4

I will also bring Jehoiachin king of Judah back to this place. Jehoiachin is the son of Jehoiakim. And I will bring back all those people of Judah that Nebuchadnezzar forced to leave their homes and go to Babylon.’ This message is from the Lord. ‘So I will break the yoke that the king of Babylon put on the people of Judah!’”

Jeremiah 29:1

Jeremiah sent a letter to the Jewish captives {\cf2\super [225]} in Babylon. He sent it to the elders (leaders), the priests, the prophets, and all the other people that were living in Babylon. These were the people that Nebuchadnezzar took from Jerusalem and brought to Babylon.

Jeremiah 29:2

(This letter was sent after King Jehoiachin, the queen mother, the officials and the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the carpenters, and the metal workers had been taken from Jerusalem.)

Jeremiah 37:1

Nebuchadnezzar was the king of Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar appointed Zedekiah as king of Judah in the place of Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim. Zedekiah was a son of King Josiah.

Ezekiel 17:4

The eagle broke the top out of the big cedar tree (Lebanon) and brought it to Canaan.\par The eagle set down the branch in the town of businessmen.\par

Ezekiel 19:9

They put hooks on him and locked him up.\par They had him in their trap.\par So they took him to the king of Babylon.\par And now, you can’t hear his roar\par on the mountains of Israel.\par

Amos 3:7

The Lord my Master might decide to do something. But before he does anything, he will tell his plans to his servants, the prophets.

Amos 7:1

The Lord showed this to me: He was making locusts {\cf2\super [85]} at the time the second crop began growing. It was the second crop after the king’s cutting \{of the first crop\}.

Amos 7:4

The Lord my Master showed these things to me: \{I\} saw the Lord God calling for judgment by fire. The fire destroyed the Great Deep. The fire was beginning to eat up the land.

Amos 7:7

The Lord showed me this: The Lord stood by a wall with a plumbline {\cf2\super [88]} in his hand. (The wall had been marked with a plumbline.)

Zechariah 1:20

The Lord showed me four workers.

Zechariah 3:1

The angel showed me Joshua the High Priest. Joshua was standing in front of the angel of the Lord and Satan was standing by Joshua’s right side. Satan was there to accuse Joshua of doing bad things.