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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Lord: Amos 3:7, Amos 7:1, Amos 7:4, Amos 7:7, Amos 8:1, Zechariah 1:20, Zechariah 3:1
two: Deuteronomy 26:2-4
after: Jeremiah 22:24-28, Jeremiah 29:2, 2 Kings 24:12-16, 2 Chronicles 36:10, Ezekiel 19:9
smiths: 1 Samuel 13:19, 1 Samuel 13:20
Reciprocal: Genesis 41:18 - General 2 Kings 24:8 - Jehoiachin 2 Kings 24:14 - Jerusalem Esther 2:6 - Jeconiah Jeremiah 13:7 - it was Jeremiah 27:6 - my Jeremiah 27:20 - when Jeremiah 28:4 - Jeconiah Jeremiah 29:1 - the elders Jeremiah 29:17 - them like Jeremiah 37:1 - Coniah Ezekiel 3:1 - go Ezekiel 11:15 - thy brethren Ezekiel 17:3 - came Ezekiel 17:13 - he hath also Ezekiel 19:1 - the princes Amos 8:2 - A basket
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.
One basket: Jeremiah 24:5-7, Hosea 9:10, Micah 7:1
first ripe: The boccore or figs of the early sort; perhaps those which are ripe about six weeks before the full season, which are reckoned a great dainty. See note on Isaiah 28:4.
naughty: The winter fig, probably, then in its crude or unripe state. Jeremiah 24:8-10, Isaiah 5:4, Isaiah 5:7, Ezekiel 15:2-5, Malachi 1:12-14, Matthew 5:13
they were so bad: Heb. for badness
Reciprocal: Numbers 18:13 - whatsoever Psalms 81:6 - from the pots Proverbs 6:12 - naughty Jeremiah 29:16 - General Matthew 25:2 - General
Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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.
I acknowledge: Nahum 1:7, Zechariah 13:9, Matthew 25:12, John 10:27, 1 Corinthians 8:3, Galatians 4:9, 2 Timothy 2:19
them that are carried away captive: Heb. the captivity, for. Deuteronomy 8:16, Psalms 94:12-14, Psalms 119:67, Psalms 119:71, Romans 8:28, Hebrews 12:5-10, Revelation 3:19
Reciprocal: Genesis 41:18 - General 2 Kings 25:27 - it came to pass Jeremiah 24:2 - One basket Jeremiah 24:8 - as Jeremiah 28:4 - captives Jeremiah 29:4 - whom Jeremiah 29:14 - and I will turn Jeremiah 29:20 - whom Ezekiel 1:1 - as I Ezekiel 11:16 - Thus saith Ezekiel 11:17 - General
For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
For I will: Jeremiah 21:10, Deuteronomy 11:12, 2 Chronicles 16:9, Nehemiah 5:19, Job 33:27, Job 33:28, Psalms 34:15, 1 Peter 3:12
and I will bring: Jeremiah 12:15, Jeremiah 23:3, Jeremiah 29:10, Jeremiah 32:37, Ezekiel 11:15-17, Ezekiel 36:24
I will build: Jeremiah 1:10, Jeremiah 18:7-9, Jeremiah 32:41, Jeremiah 33:7, Jeremiah 42:10
Reciprocal: Genesis 44:21 - that I may Deuteronomy 8:16 - to do thee Deuteronomy 28:63 - plucked from 2 Samuel 7:10 - plant them 2 Kings 25:27 - it came to pass 1 Chronicles 17:9 - plant Isaiah 14:1 - set Jeremiah 11:17 - that Jeremiah 16:15 - that brought Jeremiah 31:28 - so Jeremiah 39:12 - look well to him Jeremiah 50:19 - bring Ezekiel 11:16 - Thus saith Amos 9:4 - set Amos 9:15 - they shall Zechariah 12:4 - I will open
And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
I will give: Jeremiah 31:33, Jeremiah 31:34, Jeremiah 32:39, Deuteronomy 30:6, Ezekiel 11:19, Ezekiel 11:20, Ezekiel 36:24-28
and they: Jeremiah 30:22, Jeremiah 31:33, Jeremiah 32:38, Deuteronomy 26:17-19, Ezekiel 37:23, Ezekiel 37:27, Zechariah 8:8, Zechariah 13:9, Hebrews 8:10, Hebrews 11:16
for they: Jeremiah 3:10, Jeremiah 29:12-14, Deuteronomy 4:29-31, Deuteronomy 30:2-5, 1 Samuel 7:3, 1 Kings 8:46-50, 2 Chronicles 6:38, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7, Hosea 14:1-3, Romans 6:17
Reciprocal: Exodus 3:6 - I am 1 Kings 8:48 - And so return 1 Chronicles 28:9 - know thou 2 Chronicles 30:12 - the hand of God 2 Chronicles 33:13 - knew Psalms 36:10 - that Proverbs 2:5 - find Isaiah 14:1 - set Jeremiah 11:4 - ye be Jeremiah 29:10 - I will Jeremiah 29:13 - with Jeremiah 36:3 - they may Jeremiah 50:19 - bring Ezekiel 16:62 - and thou Ezekiel 20:42 - ye shall Ezekiel 39:22 - know Hosea 2:20 - and Hosea 5:4 - and Hosea 6:3 - we know John 8:19 - Ye neither 2 Corinthians 6:16 - I will be Ephesians 1:17 - in the knowledge Ephesians 6:6 - from Hebrews 8:11 - for all Hebrews 10:22 - a true
And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
as: Jeremiah 24:2, Jeremiah 24:5, Jeremiah 29:16-18
So will: Jeremiah 21:10, Jeremiah 32:28, Jeremiah 32:29, Jeremiah 34:17-22, Jeremiah 37:10, Jeremiah 37:17, Jeremiah 38:18-23, Jeremiah 39:2-9, Jeremiah 52:2-11, Ezekiel 12:12-16, Ezekiel 17:11-21
and them: Jeremiah 43:1 - Jeremiah 44:30
Reciprocal: Genesis 41:18 - General Deuteronomy 28:36 - bring thee 2 Kings 24:19 - And he did 2 Kings 25:5 - and overtook Proverbs 6:12 - naughty Jeremiah 20:5 - I will deliver Jeremiah 21:7 - I will Jeremiah 29:17 - Behold Jeremiah 38:2 - He Jeremiah 39:6 - slew all Jeremiah 39:16 - Behold Lamentations 4:11 - Lord Ezekiel 10:2 - scatter Ezekiel 12:10 - prince Ezekiel 12:20 - General Ezekiel 15:3 - General Ezekiel 15:6 - General Ezekiel 17:9 - shall he Ezekiel 19:1 - the princes Ezekiel 21:25 - profane Ezekiel 23:28 - whom thou Zephaniah 1:2 - I will
And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
to be removed: Heb. for removing, or vexation, Jeremiah 15:4, Jeremiah 34:17, Deuteronomy 28:25, Deuteronomy 28:37, Deuteronomy 28:65-67, Ezekiel 5:1, Ezekiel 5:2, Ezekiel 5:12, Ezekiel 5:13
to be a: Jeremiah 19:8, Jeremiah 25:18, Jeremiah 26:6, Jeremiah 42:18, Jeremiah 44:12, Jeremiah 44:22, 1 Kings 9:7, 2 Chronicles 7:20, Psalms 44:13, Psalms 44:14, Lamentations 2:15-17, Ezekiel 25:3, Ezekiel 26:2, Ezekiel 36:2, Ezekiel 36:3
a curse: Jeremiah 29:18, Jeremiah 29:22, Psalms 109:18, Psalms 109:19, Isaiah 65:15
Reciprocal: Numbers 5:27 - the woman Deuteronomy 28:45 - Moreover 2 Kings 25:21 - So Judah Nehemiah 1:3 - reproach Nehemiah 2:17 - a reproach Psalms 69:11 - I became Psalms 79:4 - become Psalms 89:41 - he is Isaiah 14:4 - proverb Isaiah 43:28 - and have Jeremiah 4:1 - then shalt Jeremiah 15:2 - for death Jeremiah 23:40 - General Jeremiah 25:9 - an astonishment Jeremiah 27:13 - by the sword Jeremiah 40:11 - all the Jews Jeremiah 44:8 - a curse Jeremiah 52:27 - Thus Lamentations 1:3 - she Lamentations 1:8 - removed Lamentations 4:16 - hath Ezekiel 5:8 - in the Ezekiel 5:14 - I will Ezekiel 14:8 - a sign Ezekiel 22:4 - have I Ezekiel 23:46 - to be removed and spoiled Daniel 9:7 - near Daniel 9:16 - Jerusalem Zechariah 8:13 - a curse
And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
Jeremiah 5:12, Jeremiah 9:16, Jeremiah 14:15, Jeremiah 14:16, Jeremiah 15:2, Jeremiah 16:4, Jeremiah 19:7, Jeremiah 34:17, Isaiah 51:19, Ezekiel 5:12-17, Ezekiel 6:12-14, Ezekiel 7:15, Ezekiel 14:12-21, Ezekiel 33:27
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:25 - I will send Deuteronomy 28:21 - General Deuteronomy 28:45 - Moreover 2 Kings 25:21 - So Judah Jeremiah 14:12 - but Jeremiah 27:8 - with the sword Jeremiah 32:24 - because Jeremiah 42:17 - they shall Jeremiah 44:13 - General Jeremiah 52:27 - Thus Ezekiel 5:2 - shalt burn Ezekiel 5:14 - I will Ezekiel 6:11 - fall Ezekiel 14:19 - if I