Jeremiah 24:1
24:1 The LORD showed me, and, behold, two {a} baskets of figs
     [were] set before the temple of the LORD, after
     Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive
     Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the
     princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from
     Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

     (a) The good figs signified them that were gone into
         captivity and so saved their life, as in
         Jeremiah 21:8, and the bad figs them that remained,
         who were yet subject to the sword, famine and
         pestilence.

Jeremiah 24:5
24:5 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good
     figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away
     captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this {b} place
     into the land of the Chaldeans for [their] good.

     (b) By which he approves the yielding of Jeconiah and his
         company because they obeyed the prophet, who exhorted
         them to it.

Jeremiah 24:7
24:7 And I will give them {c} an heart to know me, that I [am]
     the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their
     God: for they shall return to me with their whole heart.

     (c) Which declares that man of himself can know nothing
         till God gives the heart and understanding.

Jeremiah 24:8
24:8 And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so
     bad; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah
     the king of Judah, and his princes, and the remnant of
     Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell
     {d} in the land of Egypt:

     (d) Who fled there for comfort.