Jeremiah 24

“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge those who are carried away captive from Judah, whom I have sent out of this place for their own good, into the land of the Chaldeans. v.5

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Two baskets of figs are before Jeremiah.  One was very good figs and the other very bad figs.  Figs were an offering of first-fruits at the temple, but the ones without blemish were the accepted figs.  Now the comparison here is to the Israelites that had obeyed God's word (good figs) and those that rebelled against it (bad figs).  Those that obeyed God's word knew they were to leave Jerusalem and go into captivity, where those that didn't believe His word tried to stay but faced sword, famine, pestilence leading to their death (Jer. 21:9).  Those that stayed in the land thought they were better or more honoring to God, but they thought wrong not listening to the Lord's command over their own way of thinking.  There had been many that had been sent out already by God to Babylon such as Daniel, Shadrach, Meshack and Abed-nego.  Those that had gone into captivity would be there for 70 years, not all of them would live to see the day when they would return to their land, but this promise continues in verse six and seven that goes in to the Kingdom time when they truly will all be reunited in their promised land and given "a 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"(v.7).  Like the good figs they would be acknowledged and accepted by God.
You may not be a captive in Babylon, but how you can trust in God who has placed you in many of life circumstances for your "own good" that your whole heart may be toward God?