Jeremiah 24:8

Good News Translation

“As for King Zedekiah of Judah, the politicians around him, and the rest of the people of Jerusalem who have stayed in this land or moved to Egypt—I, the Lord, will treat them all like these figs that are too bad to be eaten.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 3:15

Josiah had four sons: Johanan, Jehoiakim, Zedekiah, and Joahaz.

Jeremiah 13:7

So I went back, and when I found the place where I had hidden them, I saw that they were ruined and were no longer any good.

Jeremiah 21:10

I have made up my mind not to spare this city, but to destroy it. It will be given over to the king of Babylonia, and he will burn it to the ground. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Jeremiah 24:2

The first basket contained good figs, those that ripen early; the other one contained bad figs, too bad to eat.

Jeremiah 24:5

“I, the Lord, the God of Israel, consider that the people who were taken away to Babylonia are like these good figs, and I will treat them with kindness.

Jeremiah 37:10

Even if you defeat the whole Babylonian army, so that only wounded men are left, lying in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city to the ground.”

Jeremiah 37:17

Later on King Zedekiah sent for me, and there in the palace he asked me privately, “Is there any message from the Lord?” “There is,” I answered, and added, “You will be handed over to the king of Babylonia.”

Jeremiah 43:1

I finished telling the people everything that the Lord their God had sent me to tell them.

Jeremiah 44:1

The Lord spoke to me concerning all the Israelites living in Egypt, in the cities of Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis, and in the southern part of the country.