Jeremiah 29:17
this is what the Lord of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
the Lord of Armies says: “Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like rotten figs that can’t be eaten, they are so bad.
thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Behold
- Jeremiah 29:18; Jeremiah 15:2, 3; Jeremiah 24:8–10; Jeremiah 34:17–22; Jeremiah 43:11; Jeremiah 52:6; Ezekiel 5:12–17; Ezekiel 14:12–21; Luke 21:11, 23
- them like
- Jeremiah 24:1–3, 8