Jeremiah 24:2-7

Bible Text

[2] One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. [3] Then said Yahweh to me, What see you, Jeremiah? I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that can't be eaten, they are so bad. [4] The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, [5] Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good. [6] For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. [7] I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Yahweh: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return to me with their whole heart.

Jerusalem was Judah’s capital, from which many had been taken into exile in Babylon/Chaldea, the Mesopotamian empire that conquered Judah. Egypt, southwest of Judah, was a rival refuge for some Judeans; in this vision God contrasts the exiles he will restore with those remaining in Jerusalem or fleeing to Egypt.

Places in this passage

Jeremiah 24:2-7 mentions Babylon, Chaldea, Egypt and Jerusalem.

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