_The Lord showed me_ Probably in a vision; _and behold two baskets of figs_ Such as used to be offered up for first-fruits; _were set before the temple of the Lord_ Hebrew, מועדים, _appointed, offered according to law_, as Blaney renders the word; that is, they were brought and placed before the tem... [ Continue Reading ]
_One basket had very good figs_ Dr. Shaw speaks of three sorts of figs; the first of which he calls _“boccore_, (being those here spoken of,) which come to maturity toward the middle or latter end of June; the second, the _kermez_, or summer fig, which ripens seldom before August; and the third, the... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thus saith the Lord God of Israel_ Here the Lord explains the parable of the good figs, the figs _first ripe._ These represented the pious captives who were sent first into captivity, as if they had been first ripe for ruin; but who should prove first ripe for mercy, and their captivity should help... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 Egypt_ Whither, it is probable, many of the Jews had fled upon the coming, or the report of the coming... [ Continue Reading ]