Jeremiah 24:2

New Century Version

One of the baskets had very good figs in it, like figs that ripen early in the season. But the other basket had figs too rotten to eat.

Cross References

Isaiah 5:4

What more could I have done for my vineyard than I have already done? Although I expected good grapes to grow, why were there only bad ones?

Isaiah 5:7

The vineyard belonging to the Lord All-Powerful is the nation of Israel; the garden that he loves is the people of Judah. He looked for justice, but there was only killing. He hoped for right living, but there were only cries of pain.

Jeremiah 29:17

The Lord All-Powerful says: “I will soon send war, hunger, and terrible diseases against those still in Jerusalem. I will make them like bad figs that are too rotten to eat.

Hosea 9:10

“When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert. Your ancestors were like finding the first figs on the fig tree. But when they came to Baal Peor, they began worshiping an idol, and they became as hateful as the thing they worshiped.

Micah 7:1

Poor me! I am like a hungry man, and all the summer fruit has been picked— there are no grapes left to eat, none of the early figs I love.

Nahum 3:12

All your defenses are like fig trees with ripe fruit. When the tree is shaken, the figs fall into the mouth of the eater.

Numbers 18:13

When they bring to the Lord all the first things they harvest, they will be yours. Anyone in your family who is clean may eat these things.

Matthew 5:13

“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its salty taste, it cannot be made salty again. It is good for nothing, except to be thrown out and walked on.