Jeremiah 24:2-7

2One basket contained very good figs, like early figs, but the other basket contained very bad figs, so bad they were inedible.

3The 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.”

4The word of the Lord came to me:

5“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah I sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.

6I will keep my eyes on them for their good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not demolish them; I will plant them and not uproot them.

7I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God because they will return to me with all their heart.