Jeremiah 24:5
This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: The good figs represent to me the exiles from Judah, those I have sent away from here to the country of Babylonia.
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4Then a message from the Lord came to me, saying,
Cross References
Leviticus 26:44But despite all this, even while they are living in land of their enemies, I will not reject or hate them so much as to destroy them and break my agreement with them, because I am the Lord their God.
Psalms 94:12Those you discipline are happy, Lord; those you teach from your Law.
Psalms 119:71The suffering I went through was good for me, so I could think about what you have stipulated.
Ezekiel 11:20This way they can follow my rules, keep my regulations, and do what I say. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
Zechariah 13:9I will place this one third in the fire, and I will refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on me for help, and I will answer them. I will say, “These are my people,” and they will say, “The Lord is my God.”
John 10:27My sheep recognize my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 24:2-10
Vision of the Good and Bad Figs; Promises and Threatenings. ( b. c. 599.) 1 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. 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… Read the whole commentary →