Jeremiah 24:2

24:2 One basket had very good-looking figs in it. They looked like those that had ripened early. ¹  The other basket had very bad-looking figs in it, so bad they could not be eaten.

Jeremiah 24:5

24:5 “I, the Lord, the God of Israel, say: ‘The exiles whom I sent away from here to the land of Babylon ²  are like those good figs. I consider them to be good.

[24:2]  ¹ sn See Isa 28:4; Hos 9:10.

[24:5]  ² tn Heb “the land of the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4.