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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 24:5 - Strong Concordance

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Jer 24:5 Strong Concordance Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Like these good [02896] figs [08384], so will I acknowledge [05234] them that are carried away captive [01546] of Judah [03063], whom I have sent [07971] out of this place [04725] into the land [0776] of the Chaldeans [03778] for their good [02896].
  King James 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 place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
acknowledge--regard with favor, like as thou lookest on the good figs favorably.

for their good--Their removal to Babylon saved them from the calamities which befell the rest of the nation and led them to repentance there: so God bettered their condition (Kg2 25:27-30). Daniel and Ezekiel were among these captives.
 
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27 And it came to pass in the seven [07651] and thirtieth [07970] year [08141] of the captivity [01546] of Jehoiachin [03078] king [04428] of Judah [03063], in the twelfth [08147] [06240] month [02320], on the seven [07651] and twentieth [06242] day of the month [02320], that Evilmerodach [0192] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] in the year [08141] that he began to reign [04427] did lift up [05375] the head [07218] of Jehoiachin [03078] king [04428] of Judah [03063] out of prison [01004] [03608];
28 And he spake [01696] kindly [02896] to him, and set [05414] his throne [03678] above the throne [03678] of the kings [04428] that were with him in Babylon [0894];
29 And changed [08132] his prison [03608] garments [0899]: and he did eat [0398] bread [03899] continually [08548] before [06440] him all the days [03117] of his life [02416].
30 And his allowance [0737] was a continual [08548] allowance [0737] given [05414] him of the king [04428], a daily [03117] [03117] rate [01697] for every day [03117], all the days [03117] of his life [02416].
6 For I will set [07760] mine eyes [05869] upon them for good [02896], and I will bring them again [07725] to this land [0776]: and I will build [01129] them, and not pull them down [02040]; and I will plant [05193] them, and not pluck them up [05428].