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And I will give them a heart to know (recognize, understand, and be acquainted with) Me, that I am the Lord; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart.

And as for the bad figs, which are so bad that they cannot be eaten, surely thus says the Lord, So will I give up Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes and the residue of Jerusalem who remains in this land and those who dwell in the land of Egypt.

I will even give them up to be a dismay and a horror and to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil, to be a reproach, a byword or proverb, a taunt, and a curse in all places where I will drive them.

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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.