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Two Baskets of Figs

24 The Lord showed me two baskets of figs sitting in front of the Lord’s temple. This took place after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had exiled Jeconiah[a] son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem, along with the officials of Judah, the craftsmen, and the smiths, and had brought them to Babylon.

One basket had very good figs, like early figs, but the other basket had very bad figs, so bad they could not be eaten.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 24:1 That is, Jehoiachin