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Verse Jeremiah 24:5. _LIKE THESE GOOD FIGS, SO WILL I ACKNOWLEDGE_]
Those already carried away into captivity, I esteem as far more
excellent than those who still remain in the land. They have not
si...
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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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JEREMIAH'S FIFTEENTH PROPHECY (see book comments for Jeremiah).
THE LORD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL. Jehovah Elohim of Israel. See note on
Jeremiah 11:3 and App-4.
ACKNOWLEDGE. own. Put by Figure of speech...
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See introd. summary to section....
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_so will I regard … for good_ as one looks with pleasure on good
fruit. Cp. Ezekiel 11:17 ff; Ezekiel 20:37 f. Ezekiel on the other
hand condemns (as does Jeremiah) those who remained in Jerusalem
(Ez...
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LIKE THESE GOOD FIGS, SO WILL I ACKNOWLEDGE— "As he who has figs in
his garden acknowledges those of the first season as his, and as part
of his property, and neglects the autumnal figs as having no t...
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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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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...
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24:5 are (b-20) Or 'those whom for good I have,' &c....
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ACKNOWLEDGE] RV 'regard.'...
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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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SO WILL I ACKNOWLEDGE. — The expected revelation came. The two
baskets represented the two sections of the people. The captives who
had been carried to Babylon were, as the list shows, for the most pa...
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כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כַּ †...
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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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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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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 (b) place into the land of the Chaldeans f...
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_Regard. Literally, "know," with love, Psalm i. 6. (Haydock) ---
Jechonias was treated with honour, (4 Kings xxv. 27.) as well as
Daniel (ii. 48.) and Zorobabel, of the same family, chap. xxix. 5. The...
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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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_A BLESSING IN DISGUISE_
‘Whom I have sent out … for their good.’
Jeremiah 24:5
I. THESE WORDS REFER, OF COURSE, TO THE DEPORTATION TO BABYLON OF
KING JEHOIACHIN, HIS HOUSEHOLD AND COURT, HIS PRINC...
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We have said that the badness of the figs is not to be explained of
guilt, but of punishment: and this is what Jeremiah confirms, when he
says, _As these good figs, so will I acknowledge the captivity...
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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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THUS SAITH THE LORD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL,.... Of all the tribes of
Israel; of the ten tribes that had been carried captive long ago by
the king of Assyria; and of the other two tribes, part of whom were...
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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 ...
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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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Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, still the God of the covenant
to all who are Israelites in truth, LIKE THESE GOOD FIGS, SO WILL I
ACKNOWLEDGE THEM THAT ARE CARRIED AWAY CAPTIVE OF JUDAH, regar...
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A TYPE OF JUDAH'S FUTURE...
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CAPTIVE:
_ Heb._ captivity...
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THUS SAITH THE LORD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL; who have power to do what I
please, and who yet am in covenant with Israel, and have a kindness
for the seed of my servant Jacob. Look, as thou approvest of one...
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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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_Whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for
their good._
THE ACTION OF LOVE
The Lord says He will send His people into captivity “for their
good.” How marvellous is the act...
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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 Corinthians 8:3; 2 Timothy 2:19; Deuteronomy 8:16; Galatians 4:9;...
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Acknowledge — I will acknowledge them for their good; I will shew
them favour, being of the number of those who were not leaders to sin,
but led away by the ill example of others, and who being carrie...