Jeremiah 24:1
CONTENTS Under the similitude of good and bad figs, the Lord showeth the state of his faithful people, and the sad end of the ungodly.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONTENTS Under the similitude of good and bad figs, the Lord showeth the state of his faithful people, and the sad end of the ungodly.... [ Continue Reading ]
The date of this part of Jeremiah's prophecy is given, perhaps with a view, that the reference made in it might be the stronger. Many of the people were at this time in Babylon, carried away in the captivity of Jeconiah. And it should seem, that these were among the most zealous and faithful of the... [ Continue Reading ]
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 bring the army from Babylon. And the good figs, referred to the Lord's faithful ones, now in captiv... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS I BEG the Reader to make due reflections on the contents of this short but most interesting Chapter, and he will find cause in making application of what is here said, in reference to the times of the Church then in being, to see how much the people of God are concerned at all times to c... [ Continue Reading ]