Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this (b) place into the land of the Chaldeans for [their] good.
(b) By which he approves the yielding of Jeconiah and his company because they obeyed the prophet, who exhorted them to it.
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 si...
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 fi...
CHAPTER 24 The Two Baskets of Figs _ 1. The vision of the two baskets of figs (Jeremiah 24:1) _ 2. The vision interpreted (Jeremiah 24:4) Jeremiah 24:1. Jeconiah, with the choicest of the nat
THE GOOD AND BAD FIGS. The prophet sees (either in vision or actuality; see on Jeremiah 1:11; Jeremiah 1:13; _cf._ Amos 7:1, etc.) baskets of good and bad figs respectively; Yahweh tells him that the...
JEREMIAH'S FIFTEENTH PROPHECY (see book comments for Jeremiah). THE LORD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL. Jehovah Elohim of Israel. See note on Jeremiah 11:3 and App-4. ACKNOWLEDGE. own. Put by Figure of speech...
_so will I regard … for good_ as one looks with pleasure on good fruit. Cp. Ezekiel 11:17 ff; Ezekiel 20:37 f. Ezekiel on the other hand condemns (as does Jeremiah) those who remained in Jerusalem (Ez...
See introd. summary to section....
LIKE THESE GOOD FIGS, SO WILL I ACKNOWLEDGE— "As he who has figs in his garden acknowledges those of the first season as his, and as part of his property, and neglects the autumnal figs as having no t...
_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 go...
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for...
24:5 are (b-20) Or 'those whom for good I have,' &c....
THE TWO BASKETS OF FIGS The evil figs were such of the people as had not been carried away with Jehoiachin to Babylon after the first siege of Jerusalem, 597 b.c., but had failed to draw any warning...
ACKNOWLEDGE] RV 'regard.'...
SO WILL I ACKNOWLEDGE. — The expected revelation came. The two baskets represented the two sections of the people. The captives who had been carried to Babylon were, as the list shows, for the most pa...
כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כַּ †...
CHAPTER VIII BAD SHEPHERDS AND FALSE PROPHETS Jeremiah 23:1, Jeremiah 24:1 "Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!"- Jeremiah 23:1 "Of what avail is straw instead...
TWO BASKETS OF FIGS Jeremiah 24:1-10 These two baskets represent the different, fates that overlook the people at the fall of Jerusalem. The good figs in the first were those who were taken to Babylo...
Still speaking to Zedekiah, Jeremiah repeated three prophecies from the past, the first being a vision after Jeconiah's (Jehoiachin's) captivity, the second being a message delivered in the fourth yea...
_Regard. Literally, "know," with love, Psalm i. 6. (Haydock) --- Jechonias was treated with honour, (4 Kings xxv. 27.) as well as Daniel (ii. 48.) and Zorobabel, of the same family, chap. xxix. 5. The...
Here the Lord himself becomes the Preacher to the Prophet, and explains. The bad figs, represented Zedekiah and his court, still in the land, but against whom, the Lord would in his own appointed time...
_A BLESSING IN DISGUISE_ ‘Whom I have sent out … for their good.’ Jeremiah 24:5 I. THESE WORDS REFER, OF COURSE, TO THE DEPORTATION TO BABYLON OF KING JEHOIACHIN, HIS HOUSEHOLD AND COURT, HIS PRINC...
We have said that the badness of the figs is not to be explained of guilt, but of punishment: and this is what Jeremiah confirms, when he says, _As these good figs, so will I acknowledge the captivity...
Two things attract our attention in chapter 24. First, submission to the judgment of God when He executes it is the proof of intelligence in His word-of real spirituality. WANT OF FAITH LEANS, NOT ON...
THUS SAITH THE LORD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL,.... Of all the tribes of Israel; of the ten tribes that had been carried captive long ago by the king of Assyria; and of the other two tribes, part of whom were...
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for ...
_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...
Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, still the God of the covenant to all who are Israelites in truth, LIKE THESE GOOD FIGS, SO WILL I ACKNOWLEDGE THEM THAT ARE CARRIED AWAY CAPTIVE OF JUDAH, regar...
A TYPE OF JUDAH'S FUTURE...
CAPTIVE: _ Heb._ captivity...
THUS SAITH THE LORD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL; who have power to do what I please, and who yet am in covenant with Israel, and have a kindness for the seed of my servant Jacob. Look, as thou approvest of one...
Jeremiah 24:5 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 God H430 Israel H3478 good H2896 figs H8384 acknowledge H5234 ...
THE TWO BASKETS OF FIGS - ZEDEKIAH AND JERUSALEM ARE FATED TO DESTRUCTION AND EXILE (JEREMIAH 24:1). The subsection opened with a report concerning the future of Zedekiah and Jerusalem, and it now clo...
CONTENTS: Sign of the figs. Judah's restoration, but not those of the second deportation. CHARACTERS: Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Jeconiah, Zedekiah. CONCLUSION: The same providence which to some is a...
Jeremiah 24:2. _One basket had very good figs._ This was emblematical of the better sort of people, who were carried away under Jeconiah, and sent to Babylon for their good. It is much the same with t...
_Whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good._ THE ACTION OF LOVE The Lord says He will send His people into captivity “for their good.” How marvellous is the act...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES. _Vide_ previous chapter. _Cf._ 2 Kings 24:10. NATURAL HISTORY. “_Baskets of Figs:_” Vide _Natural History_ notes on chaps. Jeremiah 5:17, Jeremiah 8:13. The “first r
EXPOSITION Again Jeremiah's ungrateful task is to take up an attitude of direct opposition to the king (comp. Jeremiah 22:13), though, indeed, Zedekiah personally is so weak and dependent on others th...
Now in chapter 24. The LORD showed me, and, behold, there were two baskets of figs set before the temple of the LORD, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away the captives Jeconiah the s...
1 Corinthians 8:3; 2 Timothy 2:19; Deuteronomy 8:16; Galatians 4:9;...
Acknowledge — I will acknowledge them for their good; I will shew them favour, being of the number of those who were not leaders to sin, but led away by the ill example of others, and who being carrie...