Jeremiah 24:4

4 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, {saying},

Jeremiah 24:4 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 24:4

Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying.
] As follows; where an explanation is given of the above vision, to which this is a transition.

Jeremiah 24:4 In-Context

2 The one basket [had] very good figs, like {early figs}, and the other basket [had] very bad figs that could not be eaten because of [their] bad quality.

3 And Yahweh asked me, "What [are] you seeing, Jeremiah?" And I said, "Figs--the good figs, very good, and the bad [figs], very bad, that cannot be eaten because of [their] bad quality."

4 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, {saying},

5 "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the exiles of Judah whom I have sent away from this place [to the] land of [the] Chaldeans.

6 For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land. And I will build them and not annihilate [them], and I will plant them and not uproot [them].

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "to say"