Dual Panel1After<310> Nebuchadnezzar<5019> king<4428> of Babylon<894> had carried<1540> away<1540> captive<1540> Jeconiah<3204> the son<1121> of Jehoiakim<3079>, king<4428> of Judah<3063>, and the officials<8269> of Judah<3063> with the craftsmen<2796> and smiths<4525> from Jerusalem<3389> and had brought<935> them to Babylon<894>, the LORD<3068> showed<7200> me: behold<2009>, two<8147> baskets<1731> of figs<8384> set<3259> before<6440> the temple<1964> of the LORD<3068>!
2One<259> basket<1731> had very<3966> good<2896> figs<8384>, like first-ripe<1063> figs<8384>, and the other<259> basket<1731> had very<3966> bad<7451> figs<8384> which<834> could not be eaten<398> due<4480> to rottenness<7455>.
3Then the LORD<3068> said<559> to me, "What<4100> do you see<7200>, Jeremiah<3414>?" And I said<559>, "Figs<8384>, the good<2896> figs<8384>, very<3966> good<2896>; and the bad<7451> figs, very<3966> bad<7451>, which<834> cannot<3808> be eaten<398> due<4480> to rottenness<7455>."
4Then the word<1697> of the LORD<3068> came<1961> to me, saying<559>,
5"Thus<3541> says<559> the LORD<3068> God<430> of Israel<3478>, 'Like these<428> good<2896> figs<8384>, so<3651> I will regard<5234> as good<2899> the captives<1546> of Judah<3063>, whom<834> I have sent<7971> out of this<2088> place<4725> into the land<776> of the Chaldeans<3778>.
6'For I will set<7760> My eyes<5869> on them for good<2899>, and I will bring<7725> them again<7725> to this<384> land<776>; and I will build<1129> them up and not overthrow<2040> them, and I will plant<5193> them and not pluck<5428> them up.
7'I will give<5414> them a heart<3820> to know<3045> Me, for I am the LORD<3068>; and they will be My people<5971>, and I will be their God<430>, for they will return<7725> to Me with their whole<3605> heart<3820>.
8'But like the bad<7451> figs<8384> which<834> cannot<3808> be eaten<398> due<4480> to rottenness<7455>--indeed<3588>, thus<3541> says<559> the LORD<3068>--so<3651> I will abandon<5414> Zedekiah<6667> king<4428> of Judah<3063> and his officials<8269>, and the remnant<7611> of Jerusalem<3389> who remain<7604> in this<384> land<776> and the ones who dwell<3427> in the land<776> of Egypt<4714>.
9'I will make<5414> them a terror<2113> and an evil<7463> for all<3605> the kingdoms<4467> of the earth<776>, as a reproach<2781> and a proverb<4912>, a taunt<8148> and a curse<7045> in all<3605> places<4725> where<834><8033> I will scatter<5080> them.
10'I will send<7971> the sword<2719>, the famine<7458> and the pestilence<1698> upon them until<5704> they are destroyed<8552> from the land<127> which<834> I gave<5414> to them and their forefathers<1>.'"