One basket contained very good figs, like early figs, but the other basket contained very bad figs, so bad they were inedible.

一筐是极好的无花果，好像是初熟的；一筐是极坏的无花果，坏得不可吃。

一筐是极好的无花果，像是初熟的；一筐是极坏的无花果，坏得不能吃。

一筐是极好的无花果，像是初熟的；一筐是极坏的无花果，坏得不能吃。

一筐无花果极好，好像初熟的果子；另一筐则坏得不能吃。

一筐是极好的无花果，像初熟的无花果；另一筐是极坏的无花果，坏到不能吃。

一筐是極好的無花果，好像是初熟的；一筐是極壞的無花果，壞得不可吃。

一筐是極好的無花果，像是初熟的；一筐是極壞的無花果，壞得不能吃。

一筐是極好的無花果，像是初熟的；一筐是極壞的無花果，壞得不能吃。

一筐無花果極好，好像初熟的果子；另一筐則壞得不能吃。

一筐是極好的無花果，像初熟的無花果；另一筐是極壞的無花果，壞到不能吃。

一筐是極好的無花果，好像首先熟的無花果；一筐是極壞的無花果，壞到喫不得。

一筐之無花果甚嘉、如初實者、一筐之無花果甚劣、不可食也、

一筐之果甚嘉、如初熟之無花果、一筐之果甚劣、不可適口。

一筐盛以至佳之無花果、似初熟之無花果、一筐盛以至劣之無花果、因劣不可食、

One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early; the other basket had very bad figs, so bad they could not be eaten.

One basket had very good figs in it. They were like figs that ripen early. The other basket had very bad figs in it. In fact, they were so bad they couldn’t even be eaten.

One basket had very good figs, like first-ripe figs, but the other basket had very bad figs, so bad that they could not be eaten.

One basket was filled with fresh, ripe figs, while the other was filled with bad figs that were too rotten to eat.

One basket had very good figs, like first ripe figs, and the other basket had very bad figs which could not be eaten due to rottenness.

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.

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.

One basket contained very good figs, like early figs, but the other basket contained very bad figs, so bad they were inedible.

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.

One basket had very good-looking figs in it. They looked like those that had ripened early. The other basket had very bad-looking figs in it, so bad they could not be eaten.

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.

What more could I have done for my vineyard than I did? Why, when I expected a yield of good grapes, did it yield worthless grapes?

For the vineyard of the LORD of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah, the plant he delighted in. He expected justice but saw injustice; he expected righteousness but heard cries of despair.

How sad for me! For I am like one who— when the summer fruit has been gathered after the gleaning of the grape harvest— finds no grape cluster to eat, no early fig, which I crave.

“ But you are profaning it when you say,‘ The Lord’s table is defiled, and its product, its food, is contemptible.’You also say,‘ Look, what a nuisance!’ And you scorn it,” says the LORD of Armies.“ You bring stolen, lame, or sick animals. You bring this as an offering! Am I to accept that from your hands?” asks the LORD.“ The deceiver is cursed who has an acceptable male in his flock and makes a vow but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Armies,“ and my name will be feared among the nations.

I discovered Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your ancestors like the first fruit of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, consecrated themselves to Shame, and became abhorrent, like the thing they loved.

“ Son of man, how does the wood of the vine, that branch among the trees of the forest, compare to any other wood?Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?In fact, it is put into the fire as fuel. The fire devours both of its ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?Even when it was whole it could not be made into a useful object. How much less can it ever be made into anything useful when the fire has devoured it and it is charred!”

“ You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It’s no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.

“ This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah I sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.I will keep my eyes on them for their good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not demolish them; I will plant them and not uproot them.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 with all their heart.“ But as for the bad figs, so bad they are inedible, this is what the LORD says: In this way I will deal with King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem— those remaining in this land or living in the land of Egypt.I will make them an object of horror and a disaster to all the kingdoms of the earth, an example for disgrace, scorn, ridicule, and cursing, wherever I have banished them.I will send the sword, famine, and plague against them until they have perished from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.”

This is what the LORD of Armies says:“ I am about to send sword, famine, and plague against them, and I will make them like rotten figs that are inedible because they are so bad.