The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them... [ Continue Reading ]
One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. FIGS THAT ARE FIRST RIPE - the boccora, or early fig (note, ). Baskets of figs used to be offered as first-fruits in the temple. The good... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAID THE LORD UNTO ME, WHAT SEEST THOU, JEREMIAH? AND I SAID, FIGS; THE GOOD FIGS, VERY GOOD; AND THE EVIL, VERY EVIL, THAT CANNOT BE EATEN, THEY ARE SO EVIL._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 their good. SO WILL I ACKNOWLEDGE THEM - regard with favour, like as thou lookest on the good fig... [ Continue Reading ]
For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. I WILL BUILD THEM, AND NOT PULL THEM DOWN; AND I WILL PLANT THEM, AND NOT PLUCK THEM UP - only partially fulfilled i... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. I WILL GIVE THEM AN HEART TO KNOW ME, THAT I AM THE LORD; AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE, AND I ... THEIR GOD (; ; ). Their conver... [ Continue Reading ]
And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt: THEM THAT DWELL IN THE LAND OF EGYPT - many Jew... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. I WILL DELIVER THEM TO BE REMOVED ... - (). Calvin translates, 'I will give them up to agitation, in all,' etc.... [ Continue Reading ]