Jer 24:1-10. The restoration of the captives in Babylon and the destruction of the refractory party in Judea and in Egypt, represented under the type of a basket of good, and one of bad, figs.
Lord showed me - Amo 7:1, Amo 7:4, Amo 7:7; Amo 8:1, contains the same formula, with the addition of “thus” prefixed.
carpenters, etc. - One thousand artisans were carried to Babylon, both to work for the king there, and to deprive Jerusalem of their services in the event of a future siege (2Ki 24:16).