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naughty figs

This term appears in the King James Version of Jeremiah 24:2.

One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. Jeremiah 24:2 KJV

A better translations are found in the New King James Version and the NASB.

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 NKJV

One basket had very good figs, like first-ripe figs, and the other basket had very rotten figs which could not be eaten due to rottenness. —Jeremiah 24:2 NASB

The inferiority of this fruit is referred to as an symbol of God’s rejection of King Zedekiah and his people.

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