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After King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported Jeconiah [1] son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, the officials of Judah, and the craftsmen and metalsmiths ⓑ from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs ⓒ placed in front of the temple of the LORD. |
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One basket contained very good figs, like early figs, ⓓ but the other basket contained very bad figs, so bad they were inedible. |
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The 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.” |
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The word of the LORD came to me: |
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“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. |
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I will keep my eyes on them for their good ⓔ and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not demolish them; I will plant them and not uproot them. ⓕ |
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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 because they will return to me with all their heart. ⓗ |
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“But as for the bad figs, so bad they are inedible, ⓘ 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. ⓙ |
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I will make them an object of horror ⓚ and a disaster to all the kingdoms of the earth, an example for disgrace, scorn, ridicule, ⓛ and cursing, wherever I have banished them. ⓜ |
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I will send the sword, famine, and plague ⓝ against them until they have perished from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.” |
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