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Jeremiah 24:3 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 3. 3Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
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Quick Meaning
Jeremiah's first-person vision report carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs” at Jeremiah 24:3 as part of “Two Fig Baskets Appear after Jeconiah's Deportation.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 24:1–3
Read Jeremiah 24:3 with 24:1–3. By itself, “Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs” 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 This Verse Appears Here
This received unit develops “Two Fig Baskets Appear after Jeconiah's Deportation” through its own speaker, addressee, date, oracle, sign, lament, or historical scene. Its non-interchangeable movement is: A dated temple vision contrasts very good early figs with inedible bad figs after elite deportation to Babylon. This verse's placement is specific: Jeremiah's first-person vision report carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs” at Jeremiah 24:3 as part of “Two Fig Baskets Appear after Jeconiah's Deportation.”
What Remains True
Attentive seeing can expose false security while preserving human limits. In Jeremiah 24:3, that bounded truth is carried through this verse's role: Jeremiah's first-person vision report carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs” at Jeremiah 24:3 as part of “Two Fig Baskets Appear after Jeconiah's Deportation.”
How It Can Shape Life
- Follow the text's interpretation, label alternatives, and reject occult, technological, national, or diagnostic decoding. This response follows Jeremiah 24:1–3's specific concern, “Two Fig Baskets Appear after Jeconiah's Deportation.” This verse directs that response through its exact role: Jeremiah's first-person vision report carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs” at Jeremiah 24:3 as part of “Two Fig Baskets Appear after Jeconiah's Deportation.”
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: Jeremiah 24:1–3, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
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