Jeremiah 24:8

Bible Text

As the bad figs, which can't be eaten, they are so bad, surely thus says Yahweh, So will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt,

Jerusalem was Judah’s capital, from which King Zedekiah and others faced God’s judgment; Babylon (also called Chaldea), east of Judah in Mesopotamia, was the empire that conquered and deported many Judeans. Egypt, southwest of Judah, represented the refuge sought by some who fled there, yet Jeremiah 24:8 includes them among those under judgment.

Places in this passage

Jeremiah 24:8 mentions Babylon, Chaldea, Egypt and Jerusalem.

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