Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah) — Perek 24

Yirmiyahu sees a vision of two baskets of figs, representing the exiles and those left behind.

Hashem shows Yirmiyahu two baskets of figs in front of the Temple. One basket has excellent figs, representing the exiles taken to Bavel with Yehoyachin, whom Hashem promises to protect and eventually restore. The other basket has rotten, inedible figs, representing King Tzidkiyahu and the survivors in Yerushalayim, who will be completely destroyed.

• Vision of the two baskets of figs
• The good figs symbolize the Babylonian exiles
• Promise of spiritual restoration for the exiles
• The bad figs symbolize Tzidkiyahu's doomed remnant