Jeremiah 24 — Hebrew and Greek compared
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Chapter 24
Jeremiah 24
Hebrew source: BHS24 • chapter 24
Greek source: LXX24 • chapter 24
Verse 24:1 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[24:1] YHWH showed me, and look, two baskets of figs were set before YHWH's temple, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had exiled Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, Judah's officials, the craftsmen, and the smiths from Jerusalem and brought them to Babylon.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[24:1] The Lord showed me two baskets of figs lying before the Lord's sanctuary, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had deported Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, the rulers, craftsmen, prisoners, and rich people from Jerusalem and brought them to Babylon.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek prisoners differs from Hebrew masger, provisionally smiths or metalworkers; Greek adds rich people.
Verse 24:2 Same
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[24:2] One basket had very good figs, like first-ripe figs; the other had very bad figs, too bad to eat.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[24:2] One basket had very good figs, like early figs; the other basket had very bad figs that could not be eaten because of their badness.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both contrast edible early fruit with inedible fruit.
Verse 24:3 Same
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[24:3] YHWH said to me: What do you see, Jeremiah? I said: Figs. The good figs are very good, and the bad are very bad, too bad to eat.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[24:3] And the Lord said to me: What do you see, Jeremiah? I said: Figs. The good are exceedingly good, and the bad exceedingly bad; they cannot be eaten because of their badness.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both repeat the contrast in the prophet's answer.
Verse 24:4 Same
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[24:4] YHWH's word came to me, saying:
Greek–English Saints Priority
[24:4] And the Lord's word came to me, saying:
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both introduce the interpretation.
Verse 24:5 Same
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[24:5] Thus says YHWH, Israel's God: Like these good figs, so I will regard Judah's exiles, whom I sent from this place to the Chaldeans' land, for good.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[24:5] Thus says the Lord, Israel's God: Like these good figs, so I will acknowledge Judah's deportees, whom I have sent from this place to the Chaldeans' land, for good things.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both promise favorable regard to the deportees and explicitly retain the divine sending.
Verse 24:6 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[24:6] I will set My eye upon them for good and bring them back to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down, plant them and not uproot them.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[24:6] And I will fix My eyes upon them for good things and restore them to this land for good things. I will rebuild them and certainly not tear them down, plant them and certainly not pluck them out.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek repeats for good things with restoration, and has plural eyes rather than Hebrew singular eye.
Verse 24:7 Same
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[24:7] I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am YHWH. They will be My people and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[24:7] And I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord. They will be My people and I will be their God, because they will return to Me from their whole heart.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both connect the given heart, covenant relationship, and whole-hearted return.
Verse 24:8 Similar
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[24:8] But like the bad figs, too bad to eat—for thus says YHWH—so I will make Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, Jerusalem's remnant left in this land, and those dwelling in Egypt's land.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[24:8] And like the bad figs that cannot be eaten because of their badness—thus says the Lord—so I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his nobles, Jerusalem's remnant left in this land, and those dwelling in Egypt.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek handing over is more explicit than Hebrew giving or making in this comparison.
Verse 24:9 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[24:9] I will make them a horror, an evil to all the earth's kingdoms, a reproach, a proverb, a taunt, and a curse in all the places where I drive them.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[24:9] And I will give them to scattering into all the earth's kingdoms, and they will become a reproach, a parable, an object of hatred, and a curse in every place where I drove them out.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek scattering differs from Hebrew horror, and hatred from taunt; Greek past drove differs from Hebrew future driving.
Verse 24:10 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[24:10] I will send sword, famine, and pestilence among them until they are finished from the soil I gave to them and their fathers.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[24:10] And I will send famine, death, and sword against them until they disappear from the land I gave them.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek changes the disaster order and lacks and their fathers; death corresponds to Hebrew pestilence without a disease-specific Greek noun.