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One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

Jeremiah 24:2 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીયર્મિયા ૨૪:૨
એક ટોપલીમાં તાજાં અને પ્રથમ અંજીરના ફળ જેવાં બહુ સારાં અંજીર હતાં. પરંતુ બીજી ટોપલીમાં બગડી ગયેલાં અને ખાવાને લાયક નહિ એવાં અંજીર હતાં.
हिन्दीयिर्मयाह २४:२
एक टोकरे में तो पहले से पके अच्छे-अच्छे अंजीर थे, और दूसरे टोकरे में बहुत निकम्मे अंजीर थे, वरन् वे ऐसे निकम्मे थे कि खाने के योग्य भी न थे।

In context

1The LORD showed me, and behold, two baskets of figs were set before the LORD’s temple, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

2One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

3Then the LORD asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “Figs. The good figs are very good, and the bad are very bad, so bad that they can’t be eaten.”

4The LORD’s word came to me, saying,

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