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The first basket contained good figs, those that ripen early; the other one contained bad figs, too bad to eat.
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Then the Lord said to me, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" I answered, "Figs. The good ones are very good, and the bad ones are very bad, too bad to eat."
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"I, the Lord, the God of Israel, consider that the people who were taken away to Babylonia are like these good figs, and I will treat them with kindness.
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I will watch over them and bring them back to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not pull them up.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.