Two baskets of figs
1After Jehoiachin24:1 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the skilled workers and the craftsmen of Judah were carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Lord showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the Lord. 2One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early; the other basket had very bad figs, so bad that they could not be eaten.
3Then the Lord asked me, ‘What do you see, Jeremiah?’
‘Figs,’ I answered. ‘The good ones are very good, but the bad ones are so bad that they cannot be eaten.’
4Then the word of the Lord came to me: 5‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: “Like these good figs, I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I sent away from this place to the land of the Babylonians.24:5 Or Chaldeans 6My eyes will watch over them for their 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 a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.
8‘ “But like the bad figs, which are so bad that they cannot be eaten,” says the Lord, “so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials and the survivors from Jerusalem, whether they remain in this land or live in Egypt. 9I will make them abhorrent and an offence to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword, a curse24:9 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that they are cursed. and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish them. 10I will send the sword, famine and plague against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.” ’
Ang Dalawang Basket ng Igos
1May ipinakitang pangitain sa akin ang Panginoon pagkatapos bihagin ni Haring Nebucadnezar ng Babilonia si Haring Jehoyakin ng Juda na anak ni Jehoyakim. Si Jehoyakin ay dinala sa Babilonia pati ang mga pinuno niya at ang mahuhusay na panday at manggagawa ng Juda. Sa pangitain ko, nakita ko ang dalawang basket na igos na nasa harap ng templo ng Panginoon. 2Ang mga igos sa isang basket ay sariwa at maganda, hinog, at bagong pitas. Pero ang mga igos naman sa isang basket ay mga bulok at hindi na makain.
3Pagkatapos, nagtanong sa akin ang Panginoon, “Jeremias, ano ang nakita mo?” Sumagot ako, “Mga igos po. Ang ibaʼy maganda at sariwa, pero ang iba ay bulok at hindi na makain.”
4Pagkatapos, sinabi sa akin ng Panginoon, 5“Ako, ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel ay nagsasabing ituturing kong parang magagandang igos ang mga Israelitang ipinabihag ko sa mga taga-Babilonia.24:5 taga-Babilonia: sa literal, Caldeo. 6Iingatan ko sila para maging mabuti ang kalagayan nila at ibabalik ko sila sa lupaing ito. Muli ko silang itatayo at hindi na lilipulin. Patatatagin ko sila at hindi na bubunutin. 7Bibigyan ko sila ng pusong kikilala sa akin na ako ang Panginoon. Magiging mamamayan ko sila, at akoʼy magiging kanilang Dios, dahil magbabalik-loob na sila sa akin ng taos-puso.
8“Pero si Haring Zedekia ng Juda ay ituturing kong parang bulok na igos na hindi na makakain, pati ang mga pinuno niya at ang lahat ng Israelitang natitirang buhay sa Jerusalem o sa Egipto. 9Gagawin ko silang kasuklam-suklam sa lahat ng kaharian sa buong mundo. Kukutyain at susumpain sila sa lahat ng bansa kung saan ko sila pangangalatin. 10Padadalhan ko sila ng digmaan, gutom at sakit hanggang sa mamatay sila sa lupaing ibinigay ko sa kanila at sa mga ninuno nila.”
