Jeremiah 24:2-7

2One basket had very good figs, like figs that ripen first. The other basket had very bad figs. These figs were so bad that they couldn’t be eaten.

3Then the Lord asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I answered, “Figs. Figs that are very good. I also see figs that are very bad, so bad that they can’t be eaten.”

4The Lord spoke his word to me,

5“This is what the Lord God of Israel says: The captives of Judah, whom I sent away from here to Babylon, are like these good figs. I will look kindly on them.

6I will watch over them for their own good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down. I will plant them and not uproot them.

7I will give them the desire to know that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, because they will wholeheartedly come back to me.