I will give them a heart to know(A) me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people,(B) and I will be their God, for they will return(C) to me with all their heart.(D)

“‘But like the bad(E) figs, which are so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the Lord, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah(F) king of Judah, his officials(G) and the survivors(H) from Jerusalem, whether they remain in this land or live in Egypt.(I) I will make them abhorrent(J) and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword,(K) a curse[a](L) and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish(M) them.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 24:9 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that they are cursed.

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