The LORD{H3068} shewed{H7200}{(H8689)} me, and, behold, two{H8147} baskets{H1736} of figs{H8384} were set{H3259}{(H8716)} before{H6440} the temple{H1964} of the LORD{H3068}, after{H310} that Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} had carried away captive{H1540}{(H8687)} Jeconiah{H3204} the son{H1121} of Jehoiakim{H3079} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, and the princes{H8269} of Judah{H3063}, with the carpenters{H2796} and smiths{H4525}, from Jerusalem{H3389}, and had brought{H935}{(H8686)} them to Babylon{H894}.

One{H259} basket{H1731} had very{H3966} good{H2896} figs{H8384}, even like the figs{H8384} that are first ripe{H1073}: and the other{H259} basket{H1731} had very{H3966} naughty{H7451} figs{H8384}, which could not be eaten{H398}{(H8735)}, they were so bad{H7455}.

Then said{H559}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068} unto me, What seest{H7200}{(H8802)} thou, Jeremiah{H3414}? And I said{H559}{(H8799)}, Figs{H8384}; the good{H2896} figs{H8384}, very{H3966} good{H2896}; and the evil{H7451}, very{H3966} evil{H7451}, that cannot be eaten{H398}{(H8735)}, they are so evil{H7455}.

Again the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} came unto me, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}; Like these good{H2896} figs{H8384}, so will I acknowledge{H5234}{(H8686)} them that are carried away captive{H1546} of Judah{H3063}, whom I have sent{H7971}{(H8765)} out of this place{H4725} into the land{H776} of the Chaldeans{H3778} for their good{H2896}.

For I will set{H7760}{(H8804)} mine eyes{H5869} upon them for good{H2896}, and I will bring them again{H7725}{(H8689)} to this land{H776}: and I will build{H1129}{(H8804)} them, and not pull them down{H2040}{(H8799)}; and I will plant{H5193}{(H8804)} them, and not pluck them up{H5428}{(H8799)}.

And I will give{H5414}{(H8804)} them an heart{H3820} to know{H3045}{(H8800)} me, that I am the LORD{H3068}: and they shall be my people{H5971}, and I will be their God{H430}: for they shall return{H7725}{(H8799)} unto me with their whole heart{H3820}.

And as the evil{H7451} figs{H8384}, which cannot be eaten{H398}{(H8735)}, they are so evil{H7455}; surely thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, So will I give{H5414}{(H8799)} Zedekiah{H6667} the king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, and his princes{H8269}, and the residue{H7611} of Jerusalem{H3389}, that remain{H7604}{(H8737)} in this land{H776}, and them that dwell{H3427}{(H8802)} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}:

And I will deliver{H5414}{(H8804)} them to be removed{H2189}{(H8675)}{H2113} into all the kingdoms{H4467} of the earth{H776} for their hurt{H7451}, to be a reproach{H2781} and a proverb{H4912}, a taunt{H8148} and a curse{H7045}, in all places{H4725} whither I shall drive{H5080}{(H8686)} them.

And I will send{H7971}{(H8765)} the sword{H2719}, the famine{H7458}, and the pestilence{H1698}, among them, till they be consumed{H8552}{(H8800)} from off the land{H127} that I gave{H5414}{(H8804)} unto them and to their fathers{H1}.