Jeremiah 24:10 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

I will bring war, hunger, and disease upon them until they are completely destroyed from the land that I gave to them and their ancestors.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God is declaring that He will use severe judgment—war, famine, and plague—to remove His people from the promised land because of their disobedience.

📚 Historical Context

This verse comes from Jeremiah's vision of two baskets of figs, representing the exiles already taken to Babylon (good figs) versus those still in Jerusalem (bad figs). Jeremiah prophesied during the final years of Judah before the Babylonian conquest, when the nation repeatedly rejected God's warnings. The 'land' refers to the promised land of Israel that God had given to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob generations earlier.

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