Jeremiah 24:1–3

THE GOOD AND THE BAD FIGS

24 After King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported JeconiahD son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, the officials of Judah, and the craftsmen and metalsmithsb from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me two baskets of figsc placed in front of the temple of the Lord. 2 One basket contained very good figs, like early figs,d but the other basket contained very bad figs, so bad they were inedible. 3 The Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”

I said, “Figs! The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are extremely bad, so bad they are inedible.”