The Good and the Bad Figs
1After King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported Jeconiah24:1 = Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, the officials of Judah, and the craftsmen and metalsmiths24:1 2Kg 24:14,16; Jr 29:2 from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me two baskets of figs24:1 Am 8:1 placed in front of the temple of the Lord.
2One basket contained very good figs, like early figs,24:2 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.
8“But as for the bad figs, so bad they are inedible,24:8 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.24:8 Jr 44:1
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