them that dwell in the land of Egypt Whether those who accompanied Jehoahaz (2 Kings 23:34), or others who during the subsequent reigns also took refuge there, as being a kingdom opposed to the Babylonian power. The Assuan papyri (see Intr. p. xix., note) shew that in b.c. 525 there was a colony which had existed there for a considerable time previously.
Verse Jeremiah 24:8. _SO WILL I GIVE ZEDEKIAH_] I will treat these as they deserve. They shall be carried into captivity, and scattered through all nations. Multitudes of those never returned to Judea...
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...
SO WILL I GIVE ZEDEKIAH, &C.— _So will I render Zedekiah,_ &c. Houbigant. REFLECTIONS.—Though, in general, the prophet's word was rejected by the people, yet there were some who heard it, and to whom...
3. _The meaning of the bad figs_ (Jeremiah 24:8-10) TRANSLATION (8) But as the bad figs which were so bad they could not be eaten, surely thus says the LORD: Thus will I make Zedekiah king of Judah a...
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 thi...
EGYPT] cp. Jeremiah 22:10; Jeremiah 22:11....
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...
AND THEM THAT DWELL IN THE LAND OF EGYPT. — These were, in fact, such as had been carried into captivity with Jehoahaz by Pharaoh-nechoh (see Note on Jeremiah 22:11), or had fled thither in order to a...
וְ כַ † תְּאֵנִים֙ הָֽ רָעֹ֔ות אֲשֶׁ֥ר...
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...
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...
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...
And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the remnant of Jerusalem, that remain in this l...
_Egypt, to which they fled contrary to the prophet's advice, 4 Kings xxv. 26._...
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...
God, after having promised to deal kindly with the captives, now declares that he would execute heavier punishment on King Zedekiah, and the whole people who yet remained in their own country. We have...
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...
AND AS THE EVIL FIGS, WHICH CANNOT BE EATEN, THEY ARE SO EVIL,.... Here follows an explication of the evil figs, and an application of them to the wicked Jews: SURELY THUS SAITH THE LORD, SO WILL I G...
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...
_As the evil figs so will I give Zedekiah_ Or rather, _so will I make_ Zedekiah, as אתן should be rendered here, and as the same verb is rendered Jeremiah 29:17. _And they that dwell in the land of Eg...
And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten they are so evil: surely thus salth the Lord, So will I give Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his princes, all the rulers and nobles of the people, AND THE...
A TYPE OF JUDAH'S FUTURE...
Whither it is probable many of the Jews had fled, upon the coming, or noise of the coming, of the king of Babylon, as they had done before, ISAIAH 30:2, ISAIAH 31:1....
Jeremiah 24:8 bad H7451 figs H8384 eaten H398 (H8735) says H559 (H8804) give H5414 (H8799) Zedekiah...
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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 24:8 The disgustingly BAD FIGS are (1) the KING, (2) the remaining people in Judah, and (3) the people who fled to EGYPT to escape the invasion....
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...
Ezekiel 12:12; Ezekiel 17:11; Jeremiah 21:10; Jeremiah 24:2;...