The LORDshewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figswere set before the temple of the LORD, afterthatNebuchadrezzarking of Babylon had carriedawaycaptiveJeconiah the son of Jehoiakimking of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, fromJerusalem, and had broughtthem to Babylon.
Thensaid the LORDunto me, Whatseestthou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the goodfigs, verygood; and the evil, veryevil, thatcannot be eaten, they are so evil.
Thussaith the LORD, the God of Israel; Likethesegoodfigs, so will I acknowledgethemthat are carriedawaycaptive of Judah, whom I havesent out of thisplaceinto the land of the Chaldeans for theirgood.
For I will set mineeyesuponthem for good, and I willbringthemagain to thisland: and I willbuildthem, and not pullthemdown; and I willplantthem, and not pluckthem up.
And I willgivethem an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and theyshall be my people, and I will be their God: for theyshallreturnunto me withtheirwholeheart.
And as the evilfigs, whichcannot be eaten, they are so evil; surelythussaith the LORD, So will I giveZedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, thatremain in thisland, and themthatdwell in the land of Egypt:
And I willdeliverthem to be removedinto all the kingdoms of the earth for theirhurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all placeswhither I shalldrivethem.