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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 mentione...
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Fig-trees bear three crops of figs, of which the first is regarded as
a great delicacy....
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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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NAUGHTY. worth naught....
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LIKE THE FIGS THAT ARE FIRST RIPE— Dr. Shaw speaks of three sorts of
figs; the first of which he calls the _boccore,_ (being those here
spoken of) which comes to maturity towards the middle or latter...
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F. The Vision of the Fig Baskets Jeremiah 24:1-10
The terminology the Lord showed me or caused me to see introduces a
prophetic vision. Chapter 24 contains such a vision. There are two
types of prophe...
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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...
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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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FIRST RIPE] In the case of trees bearing twice in the year, the first
crop, ripening in June, was considered a special delicacy. NAUGHTY] RV
'bad.'...
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LIKE THE FIGS THAT ARE FIRST RIPE. — Figs were usually gathered in
August. The “first ripe,” the “summer fruits” of Micah 7:1,
the “hasty fruit before the summer” (Isaiah 28:4; Hosea 9:10) were
looked...
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הַ דּ֣וּד אֶחָ֗ד תְּאֵנִים֙ טֹבֹ֣ות
מְאֹ֔ד כּ
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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 XXVI
INTRODUCTORY
"I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My
people."- Jeremiah 31:1
IN this third book an attempt is made to present a general view of
Jeremiah's...
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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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_Season. Appearing in autumn and ripe in spring, Micheas vii. 1.
(Calmet)_...
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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 ca...
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He now adds, that one _basket _had _very good figs, _and that the
other had _very bad figs. _If it be asked whether Jeconiah was in
himself approved by God, the answer is easy, — that he was suffering...
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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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ONE BASKET [HAD] VERY GOOD FIGS, [EVEN] LIKE THE FIGS [THAT ARE] FIRST
RIPE,.... As there are some figs that are ripe sooner than others, and
which are always the most desirable and acceptable; and su...
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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.
Ver. 2. _One basket had very goo...
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_One basket had very good figs_ Dr. Shaw speaks of three sorts of
figs; the first of which he calls _“boccore_, (being those here
spoken of,) which come to maturity toward the middle or latter end of...
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A TYPE OF JUDAH'S FUTURE...
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One basket had very good figs, being full of very fine specimens of
this fruit, EVEN LIKE THE FIGS THAT ARE FIRST RIPE, which were
considered special delicacies; AND THE OTHER BASKET HAD VERY NAUGHTY...
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THEY WERE SO BAD:
_ Heb._ for badness...
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God afterwards explaineth to the prophet, and he to the king's house,
the significancy of this vision. The figs first ripe are usually best.
By these GOOD FIGS, as will appear by the following verses,...
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Jeremiah 24:2 One H259 basket H1731 very H3966 good H2896 figs H8384
figs H8384 ripe H1073 other H259 basket...
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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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_One basket had very good figs._
TWO BASKETS OF FIGS
I. The same nation may contain two distinct characters, yet both may
be equally involved in a national visitation. There are laws of
retribution...
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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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Ezekiel 15:2; Hosea 9:10; Isaiah 28:4; Isaiah 5:4; Isaiah 5:7;...