The bad figs meant King Zedekiah and others like him who faced severe treatment by King Nebuchadnezzar and his troops. But what of Ezekiel, Daniel and his three companions already in Babylon, and some Jews soon to be taken there?
مَثَّلَ ٱلتِّينُ ٱلرَّدِيءُ ٱلْمَلِكَ صِدْقِيَّا وَغَيْرَهُ مِمَّنْ عَامَلَهُمْ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ وَجَيْشُهُ مُعَامَلَةً وَحْشِيَّةً .‏