Jeremiah 24

The Sign of Two Baskets of Figs

1 The *Amos 7:1, 4; 8:1Lord showed me, and there were two baskets of figs set before the temple of the Lord, after Nebuchadnezzar *2 Kin. 24:12–16; 2 Chr. 36:10king of Babylon had carried away captive *Jer. 22:24–28; 29:2Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. 2 One basket had very good figs, like the figs thatare first ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs which could not be eaten, they were so *Is. 5:4, 7; Jer. 29:17bad. 3 Then the Lord said to me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?"

And I said, "Figs, the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad."

4 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 5 "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge those who are carried away captive from Judah, whom I have sent out of this place for theirown good, into the land of the Chaldeans. 6 For I will set My eyes on them for good, and *Jer. 12:15; 29:10; Ezek. 11:17I will bring them back to this land; *Jer. 32:41; 33:7; 42:10I will build them and not pull them down, and I will plant them and not pluck them up. 7 Then I will give them *(Deut. 30:6; Jer. 32:39; Ezek. 11:19; 36:26, 27)a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be *Is. 51:16; Jer. 30:22; 31:33; 32:38; Ezek. 14:11; Zech. 8:8; (Heb. 8:10)My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me *1 Sam. 7:3; Ps. 119:2; Jer. 29:13with their whole heart.

8 ‘And as the bad *Jer. 29:17figs which cannot be eaten, they are so bad’—surely thus says the Lord—‘so will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, his princes, the *Jer. 39:9residue of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and *Jer. 44:1, 26–30those who dwell in the land of Egypt. 9 I will deliver them to *Deut. 28:25, 37; 1 Kin. 9:7; 2 Chr. 7:20; Jer. 15:4; 29:18; 34:17trouble into all the kingdoms of the earth, for their harm, *Ps. 44:13, 14tobe a reproach and a byword, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them. 10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, till they are consumed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’ "