“‘This is what the LORD, the God of  Israel says,:

Jeremiah 24:4-7

Intr.

‘Like these good figs, I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I sent away from this place to the land of the Babylonians.

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1.  My eyes will watch over them for their good, and

2.  I will bring them back to this land.

3.  I will build them up and not tear them down;

4.  I will plant them and not uproot them.

5.  I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD.

6.  They will be my people, and

7.  I will be their God,

End:

for they will return to me with all their heart.””