God wasn't finished with Israel. He wasn't so much fed up with the people as he was with those in positions of authority: the kings, the shepherds, the prophets and priests. The kings had abused their privilege, the shepherds failed to care for the sheep, the prophets led the people astray, and the priests were ungodly.
God used two baskets of figs to illustrate for Jeremiah the difference between the godly and the ungodly. The good figs were very good, but the bad ones were so bad they could not be eaten. The good figs were those exiled to Babylon who would be under the watchful eye of the Lord until the day when a remnant would return to Israel. The bad figs were the king of Judah, the officials, all those who had been in power and who had led the people astray. For them there was no hope.
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