Jeremia 24
Hoffnung für Alle
Die Babylonier vollstrecken Gottes Gericht (Kapitel 24–25)
Zwei Körbe mit Feigen
24 Der babylonische König Nebukadnezar hatte den judäischen König Jojachin[a], Jojakims Sohn, von Jerusalem in die Gefangenschaft nach Babylonien gebracht, zusammen mit den obersten Beamten, Schmieden und Schlossern. Danach gab mir der Herr eine Vision:
Ich sah zwei Körbe mit Feigen vor dem Tempel stehen. 2 Die Feigen im einen Korb waren sehr gut, wie die köstlichen Frühfeigen, die zuerst im Jahr reif werden. Im anderen Korb hingegen lagen nur schlechte Früchte, die so verfault waren, dass man sie nicht mehr essen konnte.
3 Der Herr fragte mich: »Jeremia, was siehst du?« »Feigen«, antwortete ich. »Die guten sind vorzüglich, doch die schlechten sind völlig ungenießbar.«
4 Da empfing ich eine Botschaft vom Herrn: 5 »So spricht der Herr, der Gott Israels: Wie man sich über die guten Feigen freut, so sehe ich mit Freude auf die Judäer, die ich von hier nach Babylonien verschleppen ließ. 6 Ich habe einen guten Plan mit ihnen und bringe sie in ihr Land zurück. Dort werde ich sie aufbauen und nicht mehr niederreißen, einpflanzen und nicht wieder entwurzeln. 7 Ich gebe ihnen ein verständiges Herz, damit sie erkennen, dass ich der Herr bin. Sie werden mein Volk sein, und ich werde ihr Gott sein; von ganzem Herzen werden sie wieder zu mir umkehren.
8 Aber König Zedekia, seine obersten Beamten, die restlichen Bewohner von Jerusalem und Juda und alle, die nach Ägypten geflohen sind – sie behandle ich wie diese ungenießbaren Feigen, die man nicht mehr essen kann. 9 In allen Königreichen der Erde wird man über ihr Unglück entsetzt sein und sie verspotten. Wohin ich sie auch verjage, überall wird ihr Elend sprichwörtlich sein. Wer einen anderen verhöhnen oder verfluchen will, wird ihm das gleiche Schicksal herbeiwünschen, das sie getroffen hat. 10 Kriege, Hungersnot und Seuchen will ich über sie bringen, bis sie ausgerottet sind aus dem Land, das ich ihnen und ihren Vorfahren geschenkt habe.«
Jeremiah 24
New King James Version
The Sign of Two Baskets of Figs
24 The (A)Lord showed me, and there were two baskets of figs set before the temple of the Lord, after Nebuchadnezzar (B)king of Babylon had carried away captive (C)Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. 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 (D)bad. 3 Then the Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”
And I said, “Figs, the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad.”
4 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 5 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Like these good figs, so will I [a]acknowledge those who are carried away captive from Judah, whom I have sent out of this place for their own good, into the land of the Chaldeans. 6 For I will set My eyes on them for good, and (E)I will bring them back to this land; (F)I will build them and not pull them down, and I will plant them and not pluck them up. 7 Then I will give them (G)a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be (H)My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me (I)with their whole heart.
8 ‘And as the bad (J)figs which cannot be eaten, they are so bad’—surely thus says the Lord—‘so will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, his princes, the (K)residue of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and (L)those who dwell in the land of Egypt. 9 I will deliver them to (M)trouble into all the kingdoms of the earth, for their harm, (N)to be a reproach and a byword, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them. 10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, till they are [b]consumed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’ ”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 24:5 regard
- Jeremiah 24:10 destroyed
Jeremiah 24
King James Version
24 The Lord shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the Lord, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
2 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
3 Then said the Lord unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
4 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
5 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
6 For I will set mine eyes upon 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 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
8 And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the Lord, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
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