Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 24:1 (show verse)
The Lord showed me two baskets of figs sitting before his temple. This happened after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon deported Jehoiakim's son, King Jeconiah of Judah. He deported him and the leaders of Judah, along with the craftsmen and metal workers, and took them to Babylon.
Arts and crafts » Names of various » Carpenters
Arts and crafts » Names of various » Smiths, workers in metals
Carpentry » Carpenters
Fig tree » Fruit of » Gathered and kept in baskets
Jehoiachin » Called jeconiah
Jeremiah » The prophet » Time of his prophecies
Pestilence » Who the lord sends pestilence upon
Smith » Jewish, carried away captive to babylon
Symbols and similitudes » Basket of fruit
Arts and crafts » Names of various » Smiths, workers in metals
Carpentry » Carpenters
Fig tree » Fruit of » Gathered and kept in baskets
Jehoiachin » Called jeconiah
Jeremiah » The prophet » Time of his prophecies
Pestilence » Who the lord sends pestilence upon
Smith » Jewish, carried away captive to babylon
Symbols and similitudes » Basket of fruit
Jeremiah 24:2 (show verse)
One basket had very good-looking figs in it. They looked like those that had ripened early. The other basket had very bad-looking figs in it, so bad they could not be eaten.
Fig tree » Jeremiah's parable of
Fig tree » Fruit of » First ripe esteemed
Fig tree » Fruit of, illustrative » (bad,) of wicked men
Fig tree » Fruit of, illustrative » (good,) of saints
Pestilence » Who the lord sends pestilence upon
Righteous » Compared with » Good figs
compared to Saints » Good figs
Symbols and similitudes » Basket of fruit
Fig tree » Fruit of » First ripe esteemed
Fig tree » Fruit of, illustrative » (bad,) of wicked men
Fig tree » Fruit of, illustrative » (good,) of saints
Pestilence » Who the lord sends pestilence upon
Righteous » Compared with » Good figs
compared to Saints » Good figs
Symbols and similitudes » Basket of fruit
Jeremiah 24:3 (show verse)
The Lord said to me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" I answered, "I see figs. The good ones look very good. But the bad ones look very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten."
Fig tree » Jeremiah's parable of
Fig tree » Fruit of, illustrative » (bad,) of wicked men
Fig tree » Fruit of, illustrative » (good,) of saints
Pestilence » Who the lord sends pestilence upon
Righteous » Compared with » Good figs
compared to Saints » Good figs
Symbols and similitudes » Basket of fruit
Fig tree » Fruit of, illustrative » (bad,) of wicked men
Fig tree » Fruit of, illustrative » (good,) of saints
Pestilence » Who the lord sends pestilence upon
Righteous » Compared with » Good figs
compared to Saints » Good figs
Symbols and similitudes » Basket of fruit
Jeremiah 24:4 (show verse)
The Lord said to me,
Jeremiah 24:5 (show verse)
"I, the Lord, the God of Israel, say: 'The exiles whom I sent away from here to the land of Babylon are like those good figs. I consider them to be good.
Jeremiah 24:6 (show verse)
I will look after their welfare and will restore them to this land. There I will build them up and will not tear them down. I will plant them firmly in the land and will not uproot them.
Jeremiah 24:7 (show verse)
I will give them the desire to acknowledge that I am the Lord. I will be their God and they will be my people. For they will wholeheartedly return to me.'
Endowments » Spiritual promised » Spiritual knowledge
Fig tree » Fruit of, illustrative » (bad,) of wicked men
Gifts » Presents to men spiritual » Spiritual knowledge
God » Spiritual promised » Spiritual knowledge
God's Promises » Of spiritual gifts » Spiritual knowledge
Heart » The whole » Renewed
New Birth » Produces » Knowledge of God
Pestilence » Who the lord sends pestilence upon
Righteous » Compared with » Good figs
compared to Saints » Good figs
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » Spiritual knowledge
Fig tree » Fruit of, illustrative » (bad,) of wicked men
Gifts » Presents to men spiritual » Spiritual knowledge
God » Spiritual promised » Spiritual knowledge
God's Promises » Of spiritual gifts » Spiritual knowledge
Heart » The whole » Renewed
New Birth » Produces » Knowledge of God
Pestilence » Who the lord sends pestilence upon
Righteous » Compared with » Good figs
compared to Saints » Good figs
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » Spiritual knowledge
Jeremiah 24:8 (show verse)
"I, the Lord, also solemnly assert: 'King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and the people who remain in Jerusalem or who have gone to live in Egypt are like those bad figs. I consider them to be just like those bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten.
Jeremiah 24:9 (show verse)
I will bring such disaster on them that all the kingdoms of the earth will be horrified. I will make them an object of reproach, a proverbial example of disaster. I will make them an object of ridicule, an example to be used in curses. That is how they will be remembered wherever I banish them.
Jeremiah 24:10 (show verse)
I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them until they are completely destroyed from the land I gave them and their ancestors.'"