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1 After Nebuchadnezzar (may Nebo protect the crown) king of Babylon (confusion by mixing) had carried away Jeconiah (Jehoiachin) son of Jehoiakim (YHWH raises up) king of Judah (praised), as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem (city of peace), and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD {YHWH} showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD. 2 One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten. 3 “Jeremiah (whom YHWH has appointed),” the LORD {YHWH} asked, “what do you see?” “Figs!” I replied. “The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be eaten.” 4 Then the word of the LORD {YHWH} came to me, saying, 5 “This is what the LORD, the God {YHWH Elohe} of Israel (he wrestles with God), says: ‘Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah (praised), whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans (the Babylonians). Jeremiah 24:1-5, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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