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Jeremiah 24:5

New Living Translation

“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: The good figs represent the exiles I sent from Judah to the land of the Babylonians.

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I used to wander off until you disciplined me; but now I closely follow your word.

My suffering was good for me, for it taught me to pay attention to your decrees.

Then the Lord gave me this message:

For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

Therefore, listen to this message from the Lord, all you captives there in Babylon.

This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says to all the captives he has exiled to Babylon from Jerusalem:

I, the Sovereign Lord, will gather you back from the nations where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel once again.’

so they will obey my decrees and regulations. Then they will truly be my people, and I will be their God.

“But despite all this, I will not utterly reject or despise them while they are in exile in the land of their enemies. I will not cancel my covenant with them by wiping them out, for I am the Lord their God.

The Lord is good, a strong refuge when trouble comes. He is close to those who trust in him.

I will bring that group through the fire and make them pure. I will refine them like silver and purify them like gold. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘These are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’”

“But he called back, ‘Believe me, I don’t know you!’

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.

But the person who loves God is the one whom God recognizes.

So now that you know God (or should I say, now that God knows you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and useless spiritual principles of this world?

He fed you with manna in the wilderness, a food unknown to your ancestors. He did this to humble you and test you for your own good.

But God’s truth stands firm like a foundation stone with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and “All who belong to the Lord must turn away from evil.”

I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.




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