And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
I will scatter them among all the nations of the world, where they will suffer harm. They will become an object of shame and a byword, something people mock and curse, in every place where I force them to go.
God is warning that He will scatter His disobedient people among foreign nations where they will face shame and become a cautionary tale that others point to.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes from Jeremiah's vision of two baskets of figs, representing the fate of Judah's people. The 'bad figs' symbolized those who would remain in Jerusalem or flee to Egypt rather than accept God's judgment through Babylonian exile. Jeremiah prophesied this around 597-586 BC, during the final years before Jerusalem's destruction.
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