Jeremiah 24:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 their good. ”

Jeremiah 24:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Jeremiah 24:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
Jeremiah 24:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Jeremiah 24:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 o...
Jeremiah 24:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 c...
Jeremiah 24:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Jeremiah 24:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 n...
Jeremiah 24:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Jeremiah 24:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 warni...
Jeremiah 24:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Jeremiah 24:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VIII BAD SHEPHERDS AND FALSE PROPHETS Jeremiah 23:1-40 , Jeremiah 24:1-10 "Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!"- Jeremiah 23:1 "Of what avail i...
Jeremiah 24:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Jeremiah 24:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 ye...
Jeremiah 24:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 tim...
Jeremiah 24:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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...
Jeremiah 24:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 w...
Jeremiah 24:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Jeremiah 24:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Jeremiah 24:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Vision of the Good and Bad Figs; Promises and Threatenings. B. C. 599. 1 The L ORD shew...
Jeremiah 24:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Jeremiah 24:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Two Baskets of Figs - Zedekiah And Jerusalem Are Fated To Destruction And Exile ( Jeremiah 24:1-10 ). The subsection opened with a report concerning the future of Zedekiah and Jerusalem, and i...
Jeremiah 24:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES. Vide previous chapter. Cf. 2 Kings 24:10-12 . Natural History. “ Baskets of Figs: ” Vide Natural History notes on chaps. Jeremiah 5:17 , Jeremiah 8:13 . The...
Jeremiah 24:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 wit...
Jeremiah 24:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Jeremiah 24:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Again Jeremiah's ungrateful task is to take up an attitude of direct opposition to the king (comp. Jeremiah 22:13-24 ), though, indeed, Zedekiah personally is so weak and dependent o...
Jeremiah 24:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Type of Judah's Future
Jeremiah 24:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 8:3 ; 2 Timothy 2:19 ; Deuteronomy 8:16 ; Galatians 4:9 ; Hebrews 12:5-10 ; John 10:27 ; Matthew 25:12 ; Nahum 1:7 ; Psalms 119:67 ; Psalms 119:71 ; Psalms 94:12-14 ; Revela...
Jeremiah 24:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 car...

Jeremiah 24:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 24:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 24:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 24:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 24:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 24:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 24:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 24:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 24:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 24:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 24:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 24:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 24:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 24:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 24:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 24:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 24:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 24:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 24:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 24:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 24:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 24:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 24:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 24:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 24:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 24:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 24:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 24:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes