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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...
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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
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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...
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FOR. WILL SET MINE EYES. And. will set Mine eye. Some codices, with
Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "eyes" (plural) with Authorized
Version.
BUILD... PLANT. Compare Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 18:7...
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See introd. summary to section....
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_I will plant them_ Cp. Jeremiah 31:27 f., Jeremiah 32:41....
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I WILL BUILD THEM, &C.— Though this prophesy has its completion in
part in the restoration of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity, yet
both this and the following verse will have their perfect comp...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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I WILL SET MINE EYES UPON THEM FOR GOOD. — The state of the Jews at
Babylon at the time of the return from exile was obviously far above
that of slaves or prisoners. They had money (Ezra 2:69), they
c...
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וְ שַׂמְתִּ֨י עֵינִ֤י עֲלֵיהֶם֙ לְ
טֹובָ֔ה וַ
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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...
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CHAPTER XXXI
RESTORATION II
THE NEW ISRAEL
Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 30:1; Jeremiah 31:1;...
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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...
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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...
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_Up, till the Messias appear, and the true Israel of God, his
disciples, to whom the promises chiefly pertain. They will continue
for ever. If this answer does not give satisfaction, as it ought, we
m...
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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...
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He confirms what he said in the last verse, but in other words, for it
was difficult to persuade them that they were happier who were
apparently lost, than those who still enjoyed some measure of safe...
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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...
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FOR I WILL SET MINE EYES UPON THEM FOR GOOD,.... His eyes of
omniscience, providence, and grace; to communicate good things to
them; to take care of them in the furnace of affliction, that they
were n...
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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.
Ver. 6. _For I...
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_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...
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I WILL SET MINE EYES UPON THEM FOR GOOD; the soul looking out at the
eye, discovereth its inclinations and affection, whether of love or
wrath. Hence we read of God's setting his eyes upon people _for...
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Jeremiah 24:6 set H7760 (H8804) eyes H5869 good H2896 back H7725
(H8689) land H776 build H1129 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_For I will set Mine eyes upon them for good, and l will bring them
again to this land._
GOD’S REGARD FOR HIS PEOPLE
I. The nature of God’s declaration respecting Himself, “I will set
Mine eves upon...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 24:6 BUILD... PLANT. God will restore the
exiles (Jeremiah 1:10;...
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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
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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...
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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...
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1 Peter 3:12; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Deuteronomy 11:12; Ezekiel 11:15;...