Jeremiah 24:5
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.
King James Version
In Context
4Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Cross References
Leviticus 26:44And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
Psalms 119:71It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Ezekiel 11:20That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
John 10:27My sheep hear my voice, and 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 →