YHWHיְהוָהshowed me,הִרְאַנִיand look,וְהִנֵּהtwoשְׁנֵיbasketsדּוּדָאֵיof figsתְאֵנִיםplacedמוּעָדִיםbeforeלִפְנֵיthe templeהֵיכַלof YHWH,יְהוָהafterאַחֲרֵיNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלhad carried into exileהַגְלוֹתJeconiahאֶת יְכָנְיָהוּsonבֶןof Jehoiakim,יְהוֹיָקִיםkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהand the princesוְאֶת שָׂרֵיof Judah,יְהוּדָהand the craftsmenוְאֶת הֶחָרָשׁand the smiths,וְאֶת הַמַּסְגֵּרfrom Jerusalem,מִירוּשָׁלִַםand had brought themוַיְבִאֵםto Babylon.בָּבֶל
Oneאֶחָדbasketהַדּוּדhad veryמְאֹדgoodטֹבוֹתfigs,תְּאֵנִיםlike the figsכִּתְאֵנֵיof the first ripening;הַבַּכֻּרוֹתand the otherוְהַ אֶחָדbasketדּוּדveryמְאֹדbadרָעוֹתfigs,תְּאֵנִיםwhichאֲשֶׁרcould notלֹאbe eatenתֵאָכַלְנָהfor badness.מֵרֹעַ
And YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“Whatמָהdo youאַתָּהsee,רֹאֶהJeremiah?”יִרְמְיָהוּAnd I said,וָאֹמַר“Figs;תְּאֵנִיםthe good figs,הַתְּאֵנִים הַטֹּבוֹתveryמְאֹדgood;טֹבוֹתand the bad,וְהָרָעוֹתveryמְאֹדbad,רָעוֹתwhichאֲשֶׁרcannotלֹאbe eatenתֵאָכַלְנָהfor badness.”מֵרֹעַ
And the wordוַ דְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcameיְהִיto me,אֵלַיsaying,לֵאמֹר
“ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵלLike theseכַּ הָאֵלֶּהgoodהַטֹּבוֹתfigs,תְּאֵנִיםsoכֵּןwill I regardאַכִּירthe exilesאֶת גָּלוּתof Judah,יְהוּדָהwhomאֲשֶׁרI have sent awayשִׁלַּחְתִּיfrom this placeמִן הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּהto the landאֶרֶץof the Chaldeans,כַּשְׂדִּיםfor good.לְטוֹבָה
And I will setוְשַׂמְתִּיmy eyesעֵינִיon themעֲלֵיהֶםfor good,לְטוֹבָהand I will bring them backוַהֲשִׁבֹתִיםto this land;עַל הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאתand I will build themוּבְנִיתִיםand notוְלֹאtear them down;אֶהֱרֹסand I will plant themוּנְטַעְתִּיםand notוְלֹאuproot them.אֶתּוֹשׁ
And I will giveוְנָתַתִּיthemלָהֶםa heartלֵבto knowלָדַעַתme,אֹתִיthatכִּיI amאֲנִיYHWH;יְהוָהand they will beוְהָיוּmyלִיpeople,לְעָםand Iוְאָנֹכִיwill beאֶהְיֶהtheirלָהֶםElohim,לֵאלֹהִיםforכִּיthey will returnיָשֻׁבוּto meאֵלַיwith allבְּכָלtheir heart.לִבָּם
And like the figsוְכַתְּאֵנִיםthat are bad,הָרָעוֹתwhichאֲשֶׁרcannotלֹאbe eatenתֵאָכַלְנָהfor badnessמֵרֹעַ—forכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרYHWH—יְהוָהsoכֵּןwill I give upאֶתֵּןZedekiahאֶת צִדְקִיָּהוּkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהand his princes,וְאֶת שָׂרָיוand the remnantוְאֵת שְׁאֵרִיתof Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםwho remainהַנִּשְׁאָרִיםin this land,בָּאָרֶץ הַזֹּאתand those who liveוְהַיֹּשְׁבִיםin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
And I will make themוּנְתַתִּיםa dread,לְזַעֲוָהan evil,לְרָעָהto allלְכֹלthe kingdomsמַמְלְכוֹתof the earth,הָאָרֶץa reproachלְחֶרְפָּהand a proverb,וּלְמָשָׁלa tauntלִשְׁנִינָהand a curse,וְלִקְלָלָהin allבְּכָלthe placesהַמְּקֹמוֹתwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁםI will drive them.אַדִּיחֵם
And I will sendוְשִׁלַּחְתִּיamong themבָםthe sword,אֶת הַחֶרֶבthe famine,אֶת הָרָעָבand the pestilence,וְאֶת הַדָּבֶרuntilעַדthey are finished offתֻּמָּםfromמֵעַלthe groundהָאֲדָמָהthatאֲשֶׁרI gaveנָתַתִּיto themלָהֶםand to their fathers.”וְלַאֲבוֹתֵיהֶם