Jeremiah 24
24
The Good Figs and the Bad Figs
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2 Kgs. 24:12; 2 Chr. 36:10 After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile from Jerusalem #Matt. 1:11; [ch. 22:18, 24, 28] Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, together with #ch. 29:2; 2 Kgs. 24:12, 14 the officials of Judah, the craftsmen, and the metal workers, and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me this vision: behold, #Amos 8:1, 2two baskets of figs placed before the temple of the Lord. 2One basket had very good figs, #[Isa. 28:4] like first-ripe figs, but the other basket had #ch. 29:17very bad figs, so bad that they could not be eaten. 3And the Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “Figs, the good figs very good, and the bad figs very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten.”
4Then the word of the Lord came to me: 5“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the exiles from Judah, #ch. 29:20whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans. 6#[Amos 9:4] I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land. #ch. 12:15; 29:10 I will build them up, and not tear them down; #ch. 31:28; 42:10; [ch. 1:10; Amos 9:15]I will plant them, and not pluck them up. 7#ch. 32:39; Deut. 30:6; Ezek. 11:19; 36:26, 27 I will give them a heart to know that I am the Lord, #See ch. 30:22; 31:33 and they shall be my people #See ch. 30:22; 31:33 and I will be their God, #ch. 29:13; Joel 2:12, 13for they shall return to me with their whole heart.
8“But thus says the Lord: Like #ver. 2; ch. 29:17 the bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten, so will I treat #ch. 21:1 Zedekiah the king of Judah, his officials, the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who #See ch. 43–44dwell in the land of Egypt. 9I will make them #See ch. 15:4 a horror#24:9 Compare Septuagint; Hebrew horror for evil to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be #ch. 29:18; 49:13; Neh. 2:17; Isa. 43:28 a reproach, #Deut. 28:37; 2 Chr. 7:20 a byword, #ch. 29:18; 49:13; Neh. 2:17; Isa. 43:28 a taunt, and #ch. 25:18; 26:6; 29:22; 2 Kgs. 22:19a curse in all the places where I shall drive them. 10And I will send #See ch. 14:12sword, famine, and pestilence upon them, until they shall be utterly destroyed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.”
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Jeremiah 24
24
Parable of the Baskets of Figs
1Adonai showed me, all of a sudden, there were two baskets of figs set before the Temple of Adonai. It was after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had taken away into exile Jeconiah son of King Jehoiakim of Judah and the princes of Judah, along 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, but the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
3Then Adonai said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” So I said, “Figs—the good figs are very good, but the bad are very bad, and cannot be eaten, they are so bad.”
4Then the word of Adonai came to me, saying,
5thus says Adonai, the God of Israel: “Like these good figs, so will I regard the exiles of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place to the land of the Chaldeans, as good.
6I will set My eyes on them as good. I will bring them back to this land, and I will build them up and not pull them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
7Then I will give them a heart to know Me—for I am Adonai—and they will be My people, and I will be their God. For they will return to Me with their whole heart.
8“Now as for the bad figs, which cannot be eaten they are so bad”—surely thus says Adonai—“so I will give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, his princes and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, as well as those dwelling in the land of Egypt.
9I will even give them as a horror, as an evil thing, among all the kingdoms of the earth—as a disgrace and a proverb, a taunt and a curse—in all places where I will drive them.
10I will also send the sword, famine and pestilence among them, until they be consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.”
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