<h3>Two Baskets of Figs</h3>24 After Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the skilled workers and the artisans of Judah were carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Lord showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the Lord. 2 One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early; the other basket had very bad figs, so bad they could not be eaten. 3 Then the Lord asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”“Figs,” I answered. “The good ones are very good, but the bad ones are so bad they cannot be eaten.” 4 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 5 “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I sent away from this place to the land of the Babylonians. 6 My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them. 7 I 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 all their heart. 8 “‘But like the bad figs, which are so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the Lord, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials and the survivors from Jerusalem, whether they remain in this land or live in Egypt. 9 I will make them abhorrent and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword, a curse and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish them. 10 I will send the sword, famine and plague against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors. ’”

Jeremiah 24:1

After Jehoiachin<ft>1</ft><cr>1</cr> son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the skilled workers and the artisans of Judah were carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Lord showed me two baskets of figs<cr>2</cr> placed in front of the temple of the Lord.

One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early;<cr>1</cr> the other basket had very bad<cr>2</cr> figs, so bad they could not be eaten.

Jeremiah 24:2

Then the Lord asked me, “What do you see,<cr>1</cr> Jeremiah?”<pb/>“Figs,” I answered. “The good ones are very good, but the bad ones are so bad they cannot be eaten.”

Jeremiah 24:3

Jeremiah 24:4

“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I sent<cr>1</cr> away from this place to the land of the Babylonians.<ft>1</ft>

Jeremiah 24:5

My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back<cr>1</cr> to this land. I will build<cr>2</cr> them up and not tear them down; I will plant<cr>3</cr> them and not uproot them.

Jeremiah 24:6

I will give them a heart to know<cr>1</cr> me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people,<cr>2</cr> and I will be their God, for they will return<cr>3</cr> to me with all their heart.<cr>4</cr>

Jeremiah 24:7

“‘But like the bad<cr>1</cr> figs, which are so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the Lord, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah<cr>2</cr> king of Judah, his officials<cr>3</cr> and the survivors<cr>4</cr> from Jerusalem, whether they remain in this land or live in Egypt.<cr>5</cr>

Jeremiah 24:8

I will make them abhorrent<cr>1</cr> and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword,<cr>2</cr> a curse<ft>1</ft><cr>3</cr> and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish<cr>4</cr> them.

Jeremiah 24:9

I will send the sword,<cr>1</cr> famine<cr>2</cr> and plague<cr>3</cr> against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.<cr>4</cr> ’”

Jeremiah 24:10

 1 After Jehoiachin    son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the skilled workers and the artisans of Judah were carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Lord showed me two baskets of figs   placed in front of the temple of the Lord. 2 One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early;   the other basket had very bad   figs, so bad they could not be eaten. 3 Then the Lord asked me, “What do you see,   Jeremiah?” “Figs,” I answered. “The good ones are very good, but the bad ones are so bad they cannot be eaten.” 4 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 5 “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I sent   away from this place to the land of the Babylonians.  6 My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back   to this land. I will build   them up and not tear them down; I will plant   them and not uproot them. 7 I 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 all their heart.   8 “‘But like the bad   figs, which are so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the Lord, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah   king of Judah, his officials   and the survivors   from Jerusalem, whether they remain in this land or live in Egypt.   9 I will make them abhorrent   and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword,   a curse    and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish   them. 10 I will send the sword,   famine   and plague   against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.  ’”

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