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 which Jeremiah urged the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do (Jeremiah 21:9). 4. The identity of Shallum... [ Continue Reading ]
F. The Vision of the Fig Baskets Jeremiah 24:1-10 The terminology the Lord showed me or caused me to see introduces a prophetic vision. Chapter 24 contains such a vision. There are two types of prophetic visions in the Old Testament, the subjective and the objective. In the subjective vision only th... [ Continue Reading ]
_2. The meaning of the good figs_ (Jeremiah 24:4-7) TRANSLATION (4) Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: As these good figs, thus will I regard as good the captives of Judah, whom I sent out from this place to the land of the Chaldeans. (6) And I w... [ Continue Reading ]
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 and his princes and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land and who dwell in the land of Eg... [ Continue Reading ]