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Jeremiah 24:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
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Role in This Section
Jeremiah's first-person vision report states or reports “One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe” at Jeremiah 24:2 as a specific part of “Two Fig Baskets Appear after Jeconiah's Deportation.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 24:1–3
Read Jeremiah 24:2 with 24:1–3. By itself, “One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, imperial horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: A dated temple vision contrasts very good early figs with inedible bad figs after elite deportation to Babylon.
Why It Needs Context
Jeremiah 24:2 performs a local role inside “Two Fig Baskets Appear after Jeconiah's Deportation.” Jeremiah's first-person vision report states or reports “One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe” at Jeremiah 24:2 as a specific part of “Two Fig Baskets Appear after Jeconiah's Deportation.” The selected verse alone does not carry the full claim.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Jeremiah 24:1–3 — Two Fig Baskets Appear after Jeconiah's DeportationSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 24:1–3, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
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