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Jeremiah 24:1-10 (JDV)

Jeremiah 24:1 Yahveh showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of Yahveh after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had deported Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, the officials of Judah, and the craftsmen and metal-smiths from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon.

Jeremiah 24:2 One basket contained very good figs, like early figs, but the other basket contained very bad figs, so bad they were inedible.

Jeremiah 24:3 Yahveh 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.”

Jeremiah 24:4 The word of Yahveh came to me:

Jeremiah 24:5 “This is what Yahveh, the God of Israel, says: Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah I sent…