Jeremiah 24 - Introduction
_UNDER THE TYPE OF GOOD AND BAD FIGS, HE FORESHEWETH THE RESTORATION OF THEM THAT WERE IN CAPTIVITY, AND THE DESOLATION OF ZEDEKIAH AND THE REST._ _Before Christ 598._... [ Continue Reading ]
_UNDER THE TYPE OF GOOD AND BAD FIGS, HE FORESHEWETH THE RESTORATION OF THEM THAT WERE IN CAPTIVITY, AND THE DESOLATION OF ZEDEKIAH AND THE REST._ _Before Christ 598._... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD SHEWED ME— This vision happened after the carrying away of Jeconiah, and under the reign of Zedekiah, the last king of Judah. The prophet himself sufficiently explains the meaning of the vision, in which two such baskets of figs were presented to his view as used to be offered up for first-... [ Continue Reading ]
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 end of June; the second the _kermez,_ or summer fig, which seldom ripens before August; and the thir... [ Continue Reading ]
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 taste, and fit only to be trodden under foot; so will I," &c. The Jews who remained in their own coun... [ Continue Reading ]
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 completion only in the conversion of the Jews to Christianity.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 it was a savour of life unto life. And though, the nation's iniquities now being full, they fell in... [ Continue Reading ]