Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 24
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1יהוה showed me, and look, there were two baskets of figs set before the Hĕḵal of יהוה, after Neḇuḵaḏrets-tsar sovereign of Baḇel had exiled Yeḵonyahu son of Yehoyaqim, sovereign of Yehuḏah, and the heads of Yehuḏah with the craftsmen and smiths, from Yerushalayim, and had brought them to Baḇel.
2One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first ripe. And the other basket had very spoilt figs which could not be eaten, they were so spoilt.”
3And יהוה said to me, “What do you see, Yirmeyahu?” And I said, “Figs, the good figs, very good. And the spoilt, very spoilt, which could not be eaten, they are so spoilt.”
4Again the word of יהוה came to me, saying,
5“Thus said יהוה, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, ‘Like these good figs, so do I acknowledge the exiles of Yehuḏah, whom I have sent out of this place for their own good, into the land of the Kasdim.
6And I shall set My eyes on them for good, and shall bring them back to this land. And I shall build them and not pull them down, and shall plant them and not pluck them up.
7And I shall give them a heart to know Me, that I am יהוה. And they shall be My people and I shall be their Elohim, for they shall turn back to Me with all their heart.
8And as the spoilt figs that could not be eaten because they are so spoilt,’ for thus said יהוה, ‘so do I give up Tsiḏqiyahu, the sovereign of Yehuḏah, his heads, the rest of Yerushalayim who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Mitsrayim.
9And I shall make them a horror to all the reigns of the earth, for evil, to be a reproach and a byword, a mockery and a curse, in all the places to which I drive them.
10And I shall send the sword, the scarcity of food, and the pestilence among them, till they are consumed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’ ”
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Jeremiah 24
24
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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