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I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart. <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’<span class="thinq"> </span>”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <i>Jeconiah</i><span class="thin"> </span> is a variant of <i>Jehoiachin</i><span class="thin"> </span>; see <a href="../2_kings/24.htm#12">2 Kings 24:12</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>metalsmiths, and had brought them from Jerusalem to Babylon</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> That is, the Babylonians<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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