Jeremiah 24:5
Thus sayeth the Lord, the God of Israel, Like these good figges, so will I knowe them that are caryed away captiue of Iudah to bee good, whome I haue sent out of this place, into the land of the Caldeans.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
4Againe the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Cross References
Leviticus 26:44Yet notwithstanding this, when they shalbe in the lande of their enemies, I wil not cast them away, neither will I abhorre them, to destroy them vtterly, nor to breake my couenant with them: for I am the Lord their God:
Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man, whom thou chastisest, O Lord, and teachest him in thy Lawe,
Psalms 119:71It is good for me that I haue beene afflicted, that I may learne thy statutes.
Ezekiel 11:20That they may walke in my statutes, and keepe my iudgements, and execute them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Zechariah 13:9And I will bring that third part thorowe the fire, and will fine them as the siluer is fined, and will trye them as golde is tryed: they shall call on my Name, and I will heare them: I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
John 10:27My sheepe heare my voyce, and I knowe 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 →