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Jeremiah 24:7-9
International Children’s Bible
Jeremiah 24:7-9
International Children’s Bible
7 I will make them want to know me. They will know that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God. This is because they will return to me with their whole hearts.
8 “But the bad figs are too rotten to eat,” says the Lord. “Zedekiah king of Judah and his officers will be like those rotten figs. All the people from Jerusalem who are left alive will be like that. This will be true even if those people now live in Egypt. 9 I will make those people hated as an evil people by all the kingdoms of the earth. People will make fun of the people from Judah and tell jokes about them. People will point fingers at them. They will curse them everywhere I scatter them.
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Jeremiah 24:7-9
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Jeremiah 24:7-9
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7 I will give them a heart to know(A) me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people,(B) and I will be their God, for they will return(C) to me with all their heart.(D)
8 “‘But like the bad(E) figs, which are so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the Lord, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah(F) king of Judah, his officials(G) and the survivors(H) from Jerusalem, whether they remain in this land or live in Egypt.(I) 9 I will make them abhorrent(J) and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword,(K) a curse[a](L) and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish(M) them.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 24:9 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that they are cursed.
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