Jeremiah 24
24
Two Baskets of Figs
1Yahweh showed me, and look, there were two baskets of figs placed before#Literally “to the face of” the temple of Yahweh—after Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had deported Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, with the officials of Judah, and the craftsmen, and the smiths,#Hebrew “smith” from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon. 2The one basket had very good figs, like early figs,#Literally “the figs of the early ripened fruit” and the other basket had very bad figs that could not be eaten because of their bad quality. 3And Yahweh asked me, “What are you seeing, Jeremiah?” And I said, “Figs—the good figs, very good, and the bad figs, very bad, that cannot be eaten because of their bad quality.”
4Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,#Literally “to say” 5“Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the exiles#Hebrew “exile” of Judah whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans. 6For I will set my eyes#Hebrew “eye” on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land. And I will build them and not annihilate them, and I will plant them and not uproot them. 7And I will give to them a heart to know me, that I am Yahweh, and they will be my people,#Literally “they shall be for me as a people” and I will be their God,#Literally “I will be for them as God” for they will return to me with the whole of their heart.
8But like the bad figs that cannot be eaten because of their bad quality—for thus says Yahweh—so I will treat Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who live in the land of Egypt. 9And I will make them as a terror, an evil to all the kingdoms of the earth, as a disgrace and a proverb, as a taunt and a curse, in all the places where I will drive them. 10And I will send among them the sword, the famine, and the plague, until they perish from the land that I gave to them and their ancestors.’ ”#Or “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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