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, the priests, prophets, and people of Jerusalem congratulated themselves upon being saved from such a... [ Continue Reading ]
Omit “were.” “Set before,” i. e put in the appointed place for offerings of firstfruits in the forecourt of the temple. CARPENTERS - “Craftsmen” (see the marginal reference).... [ Continue Reading ]
Fig-trees bear three crops of figs, of which the first is regarded as a great delicacy.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 figs were those converts picked out by the preaching of Christ and the Apostles; the bad figs were the... [ Continue Reading ]