CHAPTER XXIV _Under the emblem of the good and bad figs is represented the_ _fate of the Jews already gone into captivity with Jeconiah,_ _and of those that remained still in their own country with_ _Zedekiah. It is likewise intimated that God would deal kindly_ _with the former, but that his w... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 24:2. _VERY GOOD FIGS_] Or, figs of the _early sort_. The fig-trees in Palestine, says Dr. _Shaw_, produce fruit thrice each year. The first sort, called _boccore_, those here mentioned, come to perfection about the middle or end of June. The _second_ sort, called _kermez_, or summer... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 24:5. _LIKE THESE GOOD FIGS, SO WILL I ACKNOWLEDGE_] Those already carried away into captivity, I esteem as far more excellent than those who still remain in the land. They have not sinned so deeply, and they are now penitent; and, therefore, _I_ _will set mine eyes upon them for good... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 24:7. _THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE_] I will renew my _covenant_ with them, for _they will return to me with their whole heart_.... [ Continue Reading ]
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; the others returned at the end of _seventy years_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 24:10. _I WILL SEND THE SWORD_] Many of them fell by sword and famine in the war with the Chaldeans, and many more by such means afterwards. The first received their captivity as a correction, and turned to God; the latter still hardened their hearts more and more, and probably very m... [ Continue Reading ]