August 29, 2026, Jeremiah 24:1-10
August 29, 2026, Jeremiah 24:1-10
24 After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile
from Jerusalem Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, together
with the officials of Judah, the craftsmen, and the metal workers, and had
brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed
me this vision: behold, two baskets of figs placed before the temple of
the Lord. 2 One
basket had very good figs, like first-ripe figs, but the other basket
had very bad figs, so bad that they could not be eaten. 3 And
the Lord said to me,
“What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “Figs, the good figs very good, and the
bad figs very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten.”
4 Then the word of the Lord came
to me: 5 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Like these good
figs, so I will regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent
away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans. 6 I
will set my eyes on them for 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 pluck them up. 7 I will give them a
heart to know me, that I am the Lord, and
they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall
return to me with their whole heart.
8 “But thus says the Lord:
Like the bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten, so will I
treat Zedekiah the king of Judah, his officials, the remnant of Jerusalem
who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt. 9 I
will make them a horror[a] to all the kingdoms
of the earth, to be a reproach, a byword, a taunt, and a
curse in all the places where I shall drive them. 10 And
I will send sword, famine, and pestilence upon them, until they shall be
utterly destroyed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.”
How many groups of people does God categorize? Where are
you? Is there evidence of good fruit from your life?
Debbie Walker
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