Jeremiah now rivets his attention on Jehovah’s words found at Jeremiah chapter 24, verses 8 to 10: “Like the bad figs that cannot be eaten for badness, this in fact is what Jehovah has said: ‘ So I shall give Zedekiah the king of Judah and his princes and the remnant of Jerusalem who are remaining over in this land and those who are dwelling in the land of Egypt ​ — I will also give them over for quaking, for calamity, in all the kingdoms of the earth, for reproach and for a proverbial saying, for a taunt and for a malediction, in all the places to which I shall disperse them.
Nüüd pöörab Jeremija oma tähelepanu Jehoova sõnadele, mille võib leida Jeremija 24. peatüki salmidest 8 kuni 10: „Otsekui pahade viigimarjadega, mis on nii pahad, et need ei kõlba süüa, tõesti, nõnda ütleb Jehoova, nõnda talitan ma Juuda kuninga Sidkijaga ja tema vürstidega ja Jeruusalemma jäägiga, kes on alles jäänud siia maale või kes elavad Egiptusemaal!