The LORD shewed
me, and, behold, two
baskets
of figs
were set
before
the temple
of the LORD
, after
that Nebuchadrezzar
king
of Babylon
had carried away captive
Jeconiah
the son
of Jehoiakim
king
of Judah
, and the princes
of Judah
, with the carpenters
and smiths
, from Jerusalem
, and had brought
them to Babylon
.
One basket
had very
good
figs
, even like the figs
that are first ripe
: and the other
basket
had very
naughty
figs
, which could not be eaten
, they were so bad
.
Then said the LORD
unto me, What seest
thou, Jeremiah
? And I said
, Figs
; the good
figs
, very
good
; and the evil
, very
evil
, that cannot be eaten
, they are so evil
.
Again the word of the LORD
came unto me, saying
,
Thus saith the LORD
, the God
of Israel
; Like these good
figs
, so will I acknowledge
them that are carried away captive
of Judah
, whom I have sent
out of this place
into the land
of the Chaldeans
for their good
.
For I will set mine eyes
upon them for good
, and I will bring them again
to this land
: and I will build
them, and not pull them down
; and I will plant
them, and not pluck them up
.
And I will give them an heart
to know
me, that I am the LORD
: and they shall be my people
, and I will be their God
: for they shall return
unto me with their whole heart
.
And as the evil figs
, which cannot be eaten
, they are so evil
; surely thus saith
the LORD
, So will I give
Zedekiah
the king
of Judah
, and his princes
, and the residue
of Jerusalem
, that remain
in this land
, and them that dwell
in the land
of Egypt
:
And I will deliver them to be removed
into all the kingdoms
of the earth
for their hurt
, to be a reproach
and a proverb
, a taunt
and a curse
, in all places
whither I shall drive
them.
And I will send the sword
, the famine
, and the pestilence
, among them, till they be consumed
from off the land
that I gave
unto them and to their fathers
.