The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs [were] set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought the... [ Continue Reading ]
One basket [had] very good figs, [even] like the figs [that are] first ripe: and the other basket [had] very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. Ver. 2. _One basket had very good figs._] _Maturas et praecoquas,_ ripe and ready early, _bursas melle plenas,_ as one once called s... [ 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._ Ver. 3. _What seest thou, Jeremiah?_] See on Jeremiah 1:11 . _ The good figs, very good._] See on Jeremiah 24:2 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 4. _Again the word of the Lord._] _Transitio ad Anagogen:_ the interpretation followeth, whereby will appear the different judgment made of persons and things by God and men.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for [their] good. Ver. 5. _Like these good figs._] _Quas sic dat et arbor et aura,_ when once God hath m... [ Continue Reading ]
For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull [them] down; and I will plant them, and not pluck [them] up. Ver. 6. _For I will set mine eyes upon them for good._] I will see to their safety, and provide for their necessiti... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will give them an heart to know me, that I [am] the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. Ver. 7. _And I will give them an heart to know me._] _a_ This was better than all the rest, _scil., _ a sanctified use of their... [ Continue Reading ]
And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt: Ver. 8. _And as the evil figs._] Zedekiah and his... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for [their] hurt, [to be] a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. Ver. 9. _And I will deliver them._] As men throw out naughty figs, rotten apples, or the like. All the figs wer... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers. Ver. 10. _And I will send the sword._] So Jeremiah 14:15; Jeremiah 34:17 .... [ Continue Reading ]