Jeremiah 24:1-2

Contemporary English Version

Jeremiah Has a Vision of Two Baskets of Figs

24 ^(A) The Lord spoke to me in a vision after King Nebuchadnezzar^[a] of Babylonia had come to Judah and taken King Jehoiachin,^[b] his officials, and all the skilled workers back to Babylonia. In this vision I saw two baskets of figs in front of the Lord's temple. ²One basket was full of very good figs that ripened early, and the other was full of rotten figs that were not fit to eat.

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Footnotes

24.1 Nebuchadnezzar: See the note at 21.2.
24.1 Jehoiachin: The Hebrew text has “Jeconiah,” another form of Jehoiachin's name; he ruled for three months in 598 b.c.