The Lord showed me, and, behold, as Jeremiah was vouchsafed this strange vision, TWO BASKETS OF FIGS WERE SET BEFORE THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD, in the place which was set apart for offerings of this kind, Cf Amos 7:1; Amos 7:7, AFTER THAT NEBUCHADNEZZAR, KING OF BABYLON, HAD CARRIED AWAY CAPTIVE JECONI... [ Continue Reading ]
A TYPE OF JUDAH'S FUTURE... [ Continue Reading ]
One basket had very good figs, being full of very fine specimens of this fruit, EVEN LIKE THE FIGS THAT ARE FIRST RIPE, which were considered special delicacies; AND THE OTHER BASKET HAD VERY NAUGHTY FIGS, bad, unwholesome, rotten fruit, WHICH COULD NOT BE EATEN, THEY WERE SO BAD.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said the Lord unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs very good and the evil very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. The purpose of the question was to impress the lesson upon Jeremiah's mind, to call attention to the objects which were to symbolize the Je... [ Continue Reading ]
Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, still the God of the covenant to all who are Israelites in truth, LIKE THESE GOOD FIGS, SO WILL I ACKNOWLEDGE THEM THAT ARE CARRIED AWAY CAPTIVE OF JUDAH, regarding them with favor, extending His pleasure to them, WHOM I HAVE SENT OUT OF THIS PLACE INTO THE LA... [ Continue Reading ]
For I will set Mine eyes upon them for good, being most attentive to their wants in this respect, AND I WILL BRING THEM AGAIN TO THIS LAND; AND I WILL BUILD THEM AND NOT PULL THEM DOWN, as a building condemned to be wrecked; AND I WILL PLANT THEM AND NOT PLUCK THEM UP, like a poisonous plant or dang... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will give them an heart to know Me, that I am the Lord, the punishment of the Babylonian captivity directing their minds to the one true God, who could thus carry out His threats, so that they likewise looked for mercy to Him alone; AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE, AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, thus re... [ Continue Reading ]
And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten they are so evil: surely thus salth the Lord, So will I give Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his princes, all the rulers and nobles of the people, AND THE RESIDUE OF JERUSALEM THAT REMAIN IN THIS LAND, AND THEM THAT DWELL IN THE LAND OF EGYPT, the obstina... [ Continue Reading ]
and I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, literally, "I will give them for a shaking-up, for evil to all kingdoms of the earth," so that abuse and misfortune would strike them everywhere, TO BE A REPROACH AND A PROVERB, A TAUNT AND A CURSE, IN ALL PLACE... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, the great scourges of all times, AMONG THEM, TILL THEY BE CONSUMED FROM OFF THE LAND, exterminated, extirpated from the Land of Promise, THAT I GAVE UNTO THEM AND TO THEIR FATHERS. Thus the Lord predicts further invasions and repeated sackin... [ Continue Reading ]