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The LORD[H3068]shewed[H7200] me, and, behold, two[H8147]baskets[H1736] of figs[H8384] were set[H3259]before[H6440] the temple[H1964] of the LORD[H3068], after[H310] that Nebuchadrezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] had carried away captive[H1540]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] them to Babylon[H894].
2One[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], they were so bad[H7455].
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Then said[H559] the LORD[H3068] unto me, What seest[H7200] thou, Jeremiah?[H3414] And I said[H559], Figs[H8384]; the good[H2896]figs[H8384], very[H3966]good[H2896]; and the evil[H7451], very[H3966]evil[H7455], that cannot be eaten[H398], they are so evil[H7455].
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Again the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me, saying[H559],
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; Like these good[H2896]figs[H8384], so will I acknowledge[H5234] them that are carried away captive[H1546] of Judah[H3063], whom I have sent[H7971] out of this place[H4725] into the land[H776] of the Chaldeans[H3778] for their good[H2896].
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For I will set[H7760] mine eyes[H5869] upon them for good[H2896], and I will bring them again[H7725] to this land[H776]: and I will build[H1129] them, and not pull them down[H2040]; and I will plant[H5193] them, and not pluck them up[H5428].
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And I will give[H5414] them an heart[H3820] to know[H3045] 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] unto me with their whole heart[H3820].
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And as the evil[H7451]figs[H8384], which cannot be eaten[H398], they are so evil[H7455]; surely thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], So will I give[H5414]Zedekiah[H6667] the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and his princes[H8269], and the residue[H7611] of Jerusalem[H3389], that remain[H7604] in this land[H776], and them that dwell[H3427] in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714]:
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And I will deliver[H5414] them to be removed[H2189] 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] them.
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And I will send[H7971] the sword[H2719], the famine[H7458], and the pestilence[H1698], among them, till they be consumed[H8552] from off the land[H127] that I gave[H5414] unto them and to their fathers[H1].