Jeremiah 24
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1 The 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.
3 Then 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.”
4 The LORD’s word came to me, saying, 5“The LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘Like these good figs, so I will regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, as good. 6For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land. I will build them, and not pull them down. I will plant them, and not pluck them up. 7I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God; for they will return to me with their whole heart.
8“‘As the bad figs, which can’t be eaten, they are so bad,’ surely the LORD says, ‘So I will give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt. 9I will even give them up to be tossed back and forth amongst all the kingdoms of the earth for evil, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I will drive them. 10I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence amongst them, until they are consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.’”
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Jeremiah 24
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The Good and the Bad Figs
1After King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported Jeconiah#24:1 = Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, the officials of Judah, and the craftsmen and metalsmiths#2Kg 24:14,16; Jr 29:2 from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me two baskets of figs#Am 8:1 placed in front of the temple of the Lord. 2One basket contained very good figs, like early figs,#Is 28:4; Hs 9:10; Mc 7:1 but the other basket contained very bad figs, so bad they were inedible. 3The Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”
I said, “Figs! The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are extremely bad, so bad they are inedible.”
4The word of the Lord came to me: 5“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. 6I will keep my eyes on them for their good#Am 9:4 and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not demolish them; I will plant them and not uproot them.#Jr 1:10 7I will give them a heart to know me,#Dt 30:6; Jr 31:33; 32:40 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.#2Ch 6:38; Jr 29:13
8“But as for the bad figs, so bad they are inedible,#Jr 29:17 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.#Jr 44:1 9I will make them an object of horror#2Ch 29:8; Jr 15:4; 29:18 and a disaster to all the kingdoms of the earth, an example for disgrace, scorn, ridicule,#Dt 28:37; 1Kg 9:7; 2Ch 7:20 and cursing, wherever I have banished them.#Jr 24:9; 42:18; 44:8,12; 49:13 10I will send the sword, famine, and plague#Jr 14:12; 21:9; 29:17–18 against them until they have perished from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.”
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