Commentaries Dictionaries Concordances

Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 24 - Introduction

* The Jews rebuked for not obeying calls to repentance. (1-7) Their captivity during seventy years is expressly foretold. (8-14) Desolations upon the nations shown by the emblem of a cup of wrath. (15-29) The judgments again declared. (30-38)

Continues after advertising

See also Jeremiah 24 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    This prophecy Jeremiah 24:1 is the final outcome of what has gone before. Never perhaps has a reigning king been addressed in such contemptuous terms. When Jeconiah was carried to Babylon, Zedekiah, t...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Jeremiah 24:1-10. The two baskets of figs The meaning of the vision is given with sufficient clearness in the subsequent verses. Those who had not been carried away in Jehoiachin's captivity (b.c. 59...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _UNDER THE TYPE OF GOOD AND BAD FIGS, HE FORESHEWETH THE RESTORATION OF THEM THAT WERE IN CAPTIVITY, AND THE DESOLATION OF ZEDEKIAH AND THE REST._ _Before Christ 598._...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    REVIEW OF CHAPTER TWELVE I. Facts to Master. 1. The occasion of the oracle addressed to king Zedekiah (Jeremiah 21:1-2). 2. The two ways God placed before the people (Jeremiah 21:8), 3. That whi...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 (e-0) (The title of this book, 'Jermiah'), The name may mean, 'Jah is exalted.' Compare the large use made of the name _ Jehovah_ in this book; it occurs about 700 times. _ Adonai Jehovah_ 14 time...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 24 This chapter contains a vision of two baskets of figs, representing the Jews both in captivity, and at Jerusalem. The vision is declared, Jeremiah 24:1; where both time a...

Continues after advertising