Jeremiah 24:2-5

Living Bible

² I saw two baskets of figs placed in front of the Temple in Jerusalem. In one basket there were fresh, just-ripened figs, but in the other the figs were spoiled and moldy—too rotten to eat. ³ Then the Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”

I replied, “Figs, some very good and some very bad.”

^4-5 Then the Lord said: “The good figs represent the exiles sent to Babylon. I have done it for their good.