Jeremiah 24
24
Baskets of Figs and the Returnees
1After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken Jeconiah [who was also called Coniah and Jehoiachin] the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah [along] with the craftsmen and smiths into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, the Lord showed me [in a vision] two baskets of figs set before the temple of the Lord. 2One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are the first to ripen; but the other basket had very bad figs, so rotten that they could not be eaten. 3Then the Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “Figs, the good figs, very good; and the bad figs, very bad, so rotten that they cannot be eaten.”
4Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 5“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the captives of Judah, whom I have sent from this place into the land of the Chaldeans. 6For I will set My eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land; and I will build them up and not overwhelm them, and I will plant them and not uproot them. 7I will give them a heart to know Me, [understanding fully] that I am the Lord; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart.
8‘And as for the bad figs, which are so rotten that they cannot be eaten,’ surely thus says the Lord, ‘so I will abandon Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land and those who live in the land of Egypt. 9I will make them a focus of ridicule and disappointment [tossed back and forth] among all the kingdoms of the earth, a [notorious] disgrace, a byword, a taunt and a curse in all places where I will scatter them. 10I will send the sword, famine and virulent disease among them until they are consumed from the land which 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 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had deported Jeconiah # = 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 before 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 Yahweh. 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 and those 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 disaster to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace, an object of 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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