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Jeremiah 24: Two Baskets of Figs

In Jeremiah 24 God shows Jeremiah two baskets of figs in front of the temple. One basket has very good figs, and the other has very bad figs. God says the people already taken to Babylon are like the good figs. He will watch over them for good, bring them back, and give them a heart to know him. Those who stayed and refused to listen were like the bad figs.

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World English Bible · 10 verses

  1. 1 Yahweh showed me, and behold, two baskets of figs were set before Yahweh’s temple, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  2. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  3. 3 Then Yahweh asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “Figs. The good figs are very good, and the bad are very bad, so bad that they can’t be eaten.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  4. 4 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  5. 5 “Yahweh, the God of Israel says: ‘Like these good figs, so I will regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, as good.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  6. 6 For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land. I will build them, and not pull them down. I will plant them, and not pluck them up.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  7. 7 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Yahweh. They will be my people, and I will be their God; for they will return to me with their whole heart.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  8. 8 “‘As the bad figs, which can’t be eaten, they are so bad,’ surely Yahweh says, ‘So I will give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  9. 9 I will even give them up to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I will drive them.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  10. 10 I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, until they are consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.’”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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A Heart to Know God

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Color the basket of good figs. God gives his people a heart to know him!

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Bible Verse

“I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Yahweh. They will be my people, and I will be their God; for they will return to me with their whole heart.”

Jeremiah 24:7 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Then explain that God promised to give his people a heart to know him. God wants us to love him with our whole heart. Share some fruit together and thank God for his love.

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