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Verse Jeremiah 24:8. _SO WILL I GIVE ZEDEKIAH_] I will treat these as
they deserve. They shall be carried into captivity, and scattered
through all nations. Multitudes of those never returned to Judea...
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The complete fulfillment of this prophecy belongs to the Christian
Church. There is a close analogy between Jeremiah at the first
destruction of Jerusalem and our Lord at the second. There the good
fi...
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CHAPTER 24
The Two Baskets of Figs
_ 1. The vision of the two baskets of figs (Jeremiah 24:1) _
2. The vision interpreted (Jeremiah 24:4)
Jeremiah 24:1. Jeconiah, with the choicest of the nat
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THE GOOD AND BAD FIGS. The prophet sees (either in vision or
actuality; see on Jeremiah 1:11; Jeremiah 1:13; _cf._ Amos 7:1, etc.)
baskets of good and bad figs respectively; Yahweh tells him that the...
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_them that dwell in the land of Egypt_ Whether those who accompanied
Jehoahaz (2 Kings 23:34), or others who during the subsequent reigns
also took refuge there, as being a kingdom opposed to the Baby...
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See introd. summary to section....
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SO WILL I GIVE ZEDEKIAH, &C.— _So will I render Zedekiah,_ &c.
Houbigant.
REFLECTIONS.—Though, in general, the prophet's word was rejected by
the people, yet there were some who heard it, and to whom...
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3. _The meaning of the bad figs_ (Jeremiah 24:8-10)
TRANSLATION
(8) But as the bad figs which were so bad they could not be eaten,
surely thus says the LORD: Thus will I make Zedekiah king of Judah a...
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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 thi...
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THE TWO BASKETS OF FIGS
The evil figs were such of the people as had not been carried away
with Jehoiachin to Babylon after the first siege of Jerusalem, 597
b.c., but had failed to draw any warning...
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EGYPT] cp. Jeremiah 22:10; Jeremiah 22:11....
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AND THEM THAT DWELL IN THE LAND OF EGYPT. — These were, in fact,
such as had been carried into captivity with Jehoahaz by
Pharaoh-nechoh (see Note on Jeremiah 22:11), or had fled thither in
order to a...
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וְ כַ † תְּאֵנִים֙ הָֽ רָעֹ֔ות
אֲשֶׁ֥ר...
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CHAPTER XXVI
INTRODUCTORY
"I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My
people."- Jeremiah 31:1
IN this third book an attempt is made to present a general view of
Jeremiah's...
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CHAPTER VIII
BAD SHEPHERDS AND FALSE PROPHETS
Jeremiah 23:1, Jeremiah 24:1
"Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of My
pasture!"- Jeremiah 23:1
"Of what avail is straw instead...
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TWO BASKETS OF FIGS
Jeremiah 24:1-10
These two baskets represent the different, fates that overlook the
people at the fall of Jerusalem. The good figs in the first were those
who were taken to Babylo...
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Still speaking to Zedekiah, Jeremiah repeated three prophecies from
the past, the first being a vision after Jeconiah's (Jehoiachin's)
captivity, the second being a message delivered in the fourth yea...
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And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad; surely
thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and
his princes, and the remnant of Jerusalem, that remain in this l...
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_Egypt, to which they fled contrary to the prophet's advice, 4 Kings
xxv. 26._...
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Here the Lord himself becomes the Preacher to the Prophet, and
explains. The bad figs, represented Zedekiah and his court, still in
the land, but against whom, the Lord would in his own appointed time...
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God, after having promised to deal kindly with the captives, now
declares that he would execute heavier punishment on King Zedekiah,
and the whole people who yet remained in their own country. We have...
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Two things attract our attention in chapter 24. First, submission to
the judgment of God when He executes it is the proof of intelligence
in His word-of real spirituality. WANT OF FAITH LEANS, NOT ON...
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AND AS THE EVIL FIGS, WHICH CANNOT BE EATEN, THEY ARE SO EVIL,....
Here follows an explication of the evil figs, and an application of
them to the wicked Jews:
SURELY THUS SAITH THE LORD, SO WILL I G...
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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...
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_As the evil figs so will I give Zedekiah_ Or rather, _so will I make_
Zedekiah, as אתן should be rendered here, and as the same verb is
rendered Jeremiah 29:17. _And they that dwell in the land of Eg...
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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...
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A TYPE OF JUDAH'S FUTURE...
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Whither it is probable many of the Jews had fled, upon the coming, or
noise of the coming, of the king of Babylon, as they had done before,
ISAIAH 30:2, ISAIAH 31:1....
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Jeremiah 24:8 bad H7451 figs H8384 eaten H398 (H8735) says H559
(H8804) give H5414 (H8799) Zedekiah...
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THE TWO BASKETS OF FIGS - ZEDEKIAH AND JERUSALEM ARE FATED TO
DESTRUCTION AND EXILE (JEREMIAH 24:1).
The subsection opened with a report concerning the future of Zedekiah
and Jerusalem, and it now clo...
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CONTENTS: Sign of the figs. Judah's restoration, but not those of the
second deportation.
CHARACTERS: Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Jeconiah, Zedekiah.
CONCLUSION: The same providence which to some is a...
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Jeremiah 24:2. _One basket had very good figs._ This was emblematical
of the better sort of people, who were carried away under Jeconiah,
and sent to Babylon for their good. It is much the same with t...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 24:8 The disgustingly BAD FIGS are (1) the
KING, (2) the remaining people in Judah, and (3) the people who fled
to EGYPT to escape the invasion....
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES. _Vide_ previous chapter. _Cf._ 2 Kings
24:10.
NATURAL HISTORY. “_Baskets of Figs:_” Vide _Natural History_ notes
on chaps. Jeremiah 5:17, Jeremiah 8:13. The “first r
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EXPOSITION
Again Jeremiah's ungrateful task is to take up an attitude of direct
opposition to the king (comp. Jeremiah 22:13), though, indeed,
Zedekiah personally is so weak and dependent on others th...
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Now in chapter 24.
The LORD showed me, and, behold, there were two baskets of figs set
before the temple of the LORD, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
had carried away the captives Jeconiah the s...