Jeremiah:24
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The LORD showed 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 .
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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 .
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Then said the LORD unto me ,
What see you ,
Jeremiah ?
And I said ,
Figs ;
the good figs ,
very good ;
and the evil ,
very evil ,
that cannot be eaten ,
they are so evil .
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Again the word of the LORD came unto me ,
saying ,
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Thus says 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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And as the evil figs ,
which cannot be eaten ,
they are so evil ;
surely thus says 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 :
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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 where I shall drive them .
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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 .