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Verse	Translation	Text
Jer 24:1	Strong Concordance	The LORD [03068] shewed [07200] me, and, behold, two [08147] baskets [01736] of figs [08384] were set [03259] before [06440] the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], after [0310] that Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had carried away captive [01540] Jeconiah [03204] the son [01121] of Jehoiakim [03079] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and the princes [08269] of Judah [03063], with the carpenters [02796] and smiths [04525], from Jerusalem [03389], and had brought [0935] them to Babylon [0894].
	King James	The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
THE RESTORATION OF THE CAPTIVES IN BABYLON AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE REFRACTORY PARTY IN JUDEA AND IN EGYPT, REPRESENTED UNDER THE TYPE OF A BASKET OF GOOD, AND ONE OF BAD, FIGS. (Jer 24:1-10) Lord showed me-- Amo 7:1, Amo 7:4, Amo 7:7; Amo 8:1, contains the same formula, with the addition of "thus" prefixed. carried . . . captive Jeconiah-- (Jer 22:24; Kg2 24:12, &c.; Ch2 36:10). carpenters, &c.--One thousand artisans were carried to Babylon, both to work for the king there, and to deprive Jerusalem of their services in the event of a future siege (Kg2 24:16).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

THE RESTORATION OF THE CAPTIVES IN BABYLON AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE REFRACTORY PARTY IN JUDEA AND IN EGYPT, REPRESENTED UNDER THE TYPE OF A BASKET OF GOOD, AND ONE OF BAD, FIGS. (Jer 24:1-10)

Lord showed me-- Amo 7:1, Amo 7:4, Amo 7:7; Amo 8:1, contains the same formula, with the addition of "thus" prefixed.

carried . . . captive Jeconiah-- (Jer 22:24; Kg2 24:12, &c.; Ch2 36:10).

carpenters, &c.--One thousand artisans were carried to Babylon, both to work for the king there, and to deprive Jerusalem of their services in the event of a future siege (Kg2 24:16).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Omit "were." "Set before," i. e put in the appointed place for offerings of firstfruits in the forecourt of the temple. Carpenters - "Craftsmen" (see the marginal reference).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The Two Fig Baskets-an emblem of the future of Judah's people. - Jer 24:1. "Jahveh caused me to see, and behold two baskets of figs set before the temple of Jahveh, after Nebuchadrezzar had carried captive Jechoniah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, and the work-people and the smiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. Jer 24:2. One basket had very good figs like the early figs, the other basket very bad figs, which could not be eaten for badness. Jer 24:3. And Jahveh said to me: What seest thou, Jeremiah? and I said: Figs; the good figs are very good, and the bad figs very bad, which cannot be eaten for badness. Jer 24:4. Then came the word of Jahveh unto me, saying: Jer 24:5. Thus saith Jahveh, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I look on the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good; Jer 24:6. And I will set mine eye upon them for good, and will bring them back again to this land, and build them and not pull down, and plant them and not pluck up. Jer 24:7. And I give them an heart to know me, that I am Jahveh; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they will return unto me with their whole heart. Jer 24:8. And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten for badness, yea thus saith Jahveh, so will I make Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes and the residue of Jerusalem, them that are left remaining in this land and them that dwell in Egypt. Jer 24:9. I give them up for ill-usage, for trouble to all kingdoms of the earth, for a reproach and a by-word, for a taunt and for a curse in all the places whither I shall drive them. Jer 24:10. and I send among them the sword, the famine, and the plague, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers." This vision resembles in form and substance that in Amo 8:1-3. The words: Jahveh caused me to see, point to an inward event, a seeing with the eyes of the spirit, not of the body. The time is, Jer 24:1, precisely given: after Nebuchadnezzar had carried to Babylon King Jechoniah, with the princes and a part of the people; apparently soon after this deportation, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, the king set up by Nebuchadnezzar over Judah. Cf. Kg2 24:14-17. - The Lord caused the prophet to see in spirit two baskets of figs (דּוּדאים, from דּוּדי, equivalent to דּוּד, Jer 24:2), מוּעדים (from יעד) in the place appointed therefor (מועד( rofereh) before the temple. We are not to regard these figs as an offering brought to Jahveh (Graf); and so neither are we to think here of the place where first-fruits or tithes were offered to the Lord, Exo 23:19., Deu 26:2. The two baskets of figs have nothing to do with first-fruits. They symbolize the people, those who appear before the Lord their God, namely, before the altar of burnt-offering; where the Lord desired to appear to, to meet with His people (נועד, Exo 29:42.), so as to sanctify it by His glory, Exo 29:43. מוּעדים therefore means: placed in the spot appointed by the Lord for His meeting with Israel.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The Two Fig Baskets-an emblem of the future of Judah's people. - Jer 24:1. "Jahveh caused me to see, and behold two baskets of figs set before the temple of Jahveh, after Nebuchadrezzar had carried captive Jechoniah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, and the work-people and the smiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. Jer 24:2. One basket had very good figs like the early figs, the other basket very bad figs, which could not be eaten for badness. Jer 24:3. And Jahveh said to me: What seest thou, Jeremiah? and I said: Figs; the good figs are very good, and the bad figs very bad, which cannot be eaten for badness. Jer 24:4. Then came the word of Jahveh unto me, saying: Jer 24:5. Thus saith Jahveh, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I look on the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good; Jer 24:6. And I will set mine eye upon them for good, and will bring them back again to this land, and build them and not pull down, and plant them and not pluck up. Jer 24:7. And I give them an heart to know me, that I am Jahveh; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they will return unto me with their whole heart. Jer 24:8. And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten for badness, yea thus saith Jahveh, so will I make Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes and the residue of Jerusalem, them that are left remaining in this land and them that dwell in Egypt. Jer 24:9. I give them up for ill-usage, for trouble to all kingdoms of the earth, for a reproach and a by-word, for a taunt and for a curse in all the places whither I shall drive them. Jer 24:10. and I send among them the sword, the famine, and the plague, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers."

This vision resembles in form and substance that in Amo 8:1-3. The words: Jahveh caused me to see, point to an inward event, a seeing with the eyes of the spirit, not of the body. The time is, Jer 24:1, precisely given: after Nebuchadnezzar had carried to Babylon King Jechoniah, with the princes and a part of the people; apparently soon after this deportation, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, the king set up by Nebuchadnezzar over Judah. Cf. Kg2 24:14-17. - The Lord caused the prophet to see in spirit two baskets of figs (דּוּדאים, from דּוּדי, equivalent to דּוּד, Jer 24:2), מוּעדים (from יעד) in the place appointed therefor (מועד( rofereh) before the temple. We are not to regard these figs as an offering brought to Jahveh (Graf); and so neither are we to think here of the place where first-fruits or tithes were offered to the Lord, Exo 23:19., Deu 26:2. The two baskets of figs have nothing to do with first-fruits. They symbolize the people, those who appear before the Lord their God, namely, before the altar of burnt-offering; where the Lord desired to appear to, to meet with His people (נועד, Exo 29:42.), so as to sanctify it by His glory, Exo 29:43. מוּעדים therefore means: placed in the spot appointed by the Lord for His meeting with Israel.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
And behold - Probably a vision.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
The Lord showed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs - Besides the transposition of whole chapters in this book, there is not unfrequently a transposition of verses, and parts of verses. Of this we have an instance in the verse before us; the first clause of which should be the last. Thus: - "After that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the Lord." Jer 24:2 - "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." This arrangement restores these verses to a better sense, by restoring the natural connection. This prophecy was undoubtedly delivered in the first year of the reign of Zedekiah. Under the type of good and bad figs, God represents the state of the persons who had already been carried captives into Babylon, with their king Jeconiah, compared with the state of those who should be carried away with Zedekiah. Those already carried away, being the choice of the people, are represented by the good figs: those now remaining, and soon to be carried into captivity, are represented by the bad figs, that were good for nothing. The state also of the former in their captivity was vastly preferable to the state of those who were now about to be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. The latter would be treated as double rebels; the former, being the most respectable of the inhabitants, were treated well; and even in captivity, a marked distinction would be made between them, God ordering it so. But the prophet sufficiently explains his own meaning. Set before the temple - As an offering of the first-fruits of that kind. 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 mentioned, come to perfection about the middle or end of June. The second sort, called kermez, or summer fig, is seldom ripe before August. And the third, which is called the winter fig, which is larger, and of a darker complexion than the preceding, hangs all the winter on the tree, ripening even when the leaves are shed, and is fit for gathering in the beginning of spring. Could not be eaten - The winter fig, - then in its crude or unripe state; the spring not being yet come.

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¹⁶ And all the men [0582] of might [02428], even seven [07651] thousand [0505], and craftsmen [02796] and smiths [04525] a thousand [0505], all that were strong [01368] and apt [06213] for war [04421], even them the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] brought [0935] captive [01473] to Babylon [0894].

¹⁰ And when the year [08141] was expired [08666], king [04428] Nebuchadnezzar [05019] sent [07971], and brought [0935] him to Babylon [0894], with the goodly [02532] vessels [03627] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and made Zedekiah [06667] his brother [0251] king [04427] over Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389].

¹² And Jehoiachin [03078] the king [04428] of Judah [03063] went out [03318] to the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], he, and his mother [0517], and his servants [05650], and his princes [08269], and his officers [05631]: and the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] took [03947] him in the eighth [08083] year [08141] of his reign [04427].

²⁴ As I live [02416], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], though Coniah [03659] the son [01121] of Jehoiakim [03079] king [04428] of Judah [03063] were the signet [02368] upon my right [03225] hand [03027], yet would I pluck [05423] thee thence;

¹ Thus hath the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] shewed [07200] unto me: and behold a basket [03619] of summer fruit [07019].

⁷ Thus he shewed [07200] me: and, behold, the Lord [0136] stood [05324] upon a wall [02346] made by a plumbline [0594], with a plumbline [0594] in his hand [03027].

⁴ Thus hath the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] shewed [07200] unto me: and, behold, the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] called [07121] to contend [07378] by fire [0784], and it devoured [0398] the great [07227] deep [08415], and did eat up [0398] a part [02506].

¹ Thus hath the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] shewed [07200] unto me; and, behold, he formed [03335] grasshoppers [01462] in the beginning [08462] of the shooting up [05927] of the latter growth [03954]; and, lo, it was the latter growth [03954] after [0310] the king's [04428] mowings [01488].

¹ The LORD [03068] shewed [07200] me, and, behold, two [08147] baskets [01736] of figs [08384] were set [03259] before [06440] the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], after [0310] that Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had carried away captive [01540] Jeconiah [03204] the son [01121] of Jehoiakim [03079] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and the princes [08269] of Judah [03063], with the carpenters [02796] and smiths [04525], from Jerusalem [03389], and had brought [0935] them to Babylon [0894].
² One [0259] basket [01731] had very [03966] good [02896] figs [08384], even like the figs [08384] that are first ripe [01073]: and the other [0259] basket [01731] had very [03966] naughty [07451] figs [08384], which could not be eaten [0398], they were so bad [07455].
³ Then said [0559] the LORD [03068] unto me, What seest [07200] thou, Jeremiah [03414]? And I said [0559], Figs [08384]; the good [02896] figs [08384], very [03966] good [02896]; and the evil [07451], very [03966] evil [07451], that cannot be eaten [0398], they are so evil [07455].
⁴ Again the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me, saying [0559],
⁵ Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Like these good [02896] figs [08384], so will I acknowledge [05234] them that are carried away captive [01546] of Judah [03063], whom I have sent [07971] out of this place [04725] into the land [0776] of the Chaldeans [03778] for their good [02896].
⁶ For I will set [07760] mine eyes [05869] upon them for good [02896], and I will bring them again [07725] to this land [0776]: and I will build [01129] them, and not pull them down [02040]; and I will plant [05193] them, and not pluck them up [05428].
⁷ And I will give [05414] them an heart [03820] to know [03045] me, that I am the LORD [03068]: and they shall be my people [05971], and I will be their God [0430]: for they shall return [07725] unto me with their whole heart [03820].
⁸ And as the evil [07451] figs [08384], which cannot be eaten [0398], they are so evil [07455]; surely thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], So will I give [05414] Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] of Judah [03063], and his princes [08269], and the residue [07611] of Jerusalem [03389], that remain [07604] in this land [0776], and them that dwell [03427] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]:
⁹ And I will deliver [05414] them to be removed [02189] [02113] into all the kingdoms [04467] of the earth [0776] for their hurt [07451], to be a reproach [02781] and a proverb [04912], a taunt [08148] and a curse [07045], in all places [04725] whither I shall drive [05080] them.
¹⁰ And I will send [07971] the sword [02719], the famine [07458], and the pestilence [01698], among them, till they be consumed [08552] from off the land [0127] that I gave [05414] unto them and to their fathers [01].

⁴³ And there I will meet [03259] with the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and the tabernacle shall be sanctified [06942] by my glory [03519].

⁴² This shall be a continual [08548] burnt offering [05930] throughout your generations [01755] at the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: where I will meet [03259] you, to speak [01696] there unto thee.

² That thou shalt take [03947] of the first [07225] of all the fruit [06529] of the earth [0127], which thou shalt bring [0935] of thy land [0776] that the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] giveth [05414] thee, and shalt put [07760] it in a basket [02935], and shalt go [01980] unto the place [04725] which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall choose [0977] to place [07931] his name [08034] there.

¹⁹ The first [07225] of the firstfruits [01061] of thy land [0127] thou shalt bring [0935] into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430]. Thou shalt not seethe [01310] a kid [01423] in his mother's [0517] milk [02461].

² One [0259] basket [01731] had very [03966] good [02896] figs [08384], even like the figs [08384] that are first ripe [01073]: and the other [0259] basket [01731] had very [03966] naughty [07451] figs [08384], which could not be eaten [0398], they were so bad [07455].

¹⁴ And he carried away [01540] all Jerusalem [03389], and all the princes [08269], and all the mighty men [01368] of valour [02428], even ten [06235] thousand [0505] captives [01540], and all the craftsmen [02796] and smiths [04525]: none remained [07604], save [02108] the poorest sort [01803] of the people [05971] of the land [0776].
¹⁵ And he carried away [01540] Jehoiachin [03078] to Babylon [0894], and the king's [04428] mother [0517], and the king's [04428] wives [0802], and his officers [05631], and the mighty [0352] [0193] of the land [0776], those carried [03212] he into captivity [01473] from Jerusalem [03389] to Babylon [0894].
¹⁶ And all the men [0582] of might [02428], even seven [07651] thousand [0505], and craftsmen [02796] and smiths [04525] a thousand [0505], all that were strong [01368] and apt [06213] for war [04421], even them the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] brought [0935] captive [01473] to Babylon [0894].
¹⁷ And the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] made Mattaniah [04983] his father's brother [01730] king [04427] in his stead, and changed [05437] his name [08034] to Zedekiah [06667].

¹ Thus hath the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] shewed [07200] unto me: and behold a basket [03619] of summer fruit [07019].
² And he said [0559], Amos [05986], what seest [07200] thou? And I said [0559], A basket [03619] of summer fruit [07019]. Then said [0559] the LORD [03068] unto me, The end [07093] is come [0935] upon my people [05971] of Israel [03478]; I will not again [03254] pass [05674] by them any more.
³ And the songs [07892] of the temple [01964] shall be howlings [03213] in that day [03117], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]: there shall be many [07227] dead bodies [06297] in every place [04725]; they shall cast them forth [07993] with silence [02013].

¹⁰ And I will send [07971] the sword [02719], the famine [07458], and the pestilence [01698], among them, till they be consumed [08552] from off the land [0127] that I gave [05414] unto them and to their fathers [01].

⁹ And I will deliver [05414] them to be removed [02189] [02113] into all the kingdoms [04467] of the earth [0776] for their hurt [07451], to be a reproach [02781] and a proverb [04912], a taunt [08148] and a curse [07045], in all places [04725] whither I shall drive [05080] them.

⁸ And as the evil [07451] figs [08384], which cannot be eaten [0398], they are so evil [07455]; surely thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], So will I give [05414] Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] of Judah [03063], and his princes [08269], and the residue [07611] of Jerusalem [03389], that remain [07604] in this land [0776], and them that dwell [03427] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]:

⁷ And I will give [05414] them an heart [03820] to know [03045] me, that I am the LORD [03068]: and they shall be my people [05971], and I will be their God [0430]: for they shall return [07725] unto me with their whole heart [03820].

⁶ For I will set [07760] mine eyes [05869] upon them for good [02896], and I will bring them again [07725] to this land [0776]: and I will build [01129] them, and not pull them down [02040]; and I will plant [05193] them, and not pluck them up [05428].

⁵ Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Like these good [02896] figs [08384], so will I acknowledge [05234] them that are carried away captive [01546] of Judah [03063], whom I have sent [07971] out of this place [04725] into the land [0776] of the Chaldeans [03778] for their good [02896].

⁴ Again the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me, saying [0559],

³ Then said [0559] the LORD [03068] unto me, What seest [07200] thou, Jeremiah [03414]? And I said [0559], Figs [08384]; the good [02896] figs [08384], very [03966] good [02896]; and the evil [07451], very [03966] evil [07451], that cannot be eaten [0398], they are so evil [07455].