Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 24:1 (show verse)
After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had deported Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, the officials of Judah, and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me two baskets of figs placed before the temple of the Lord.
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 contained very good figs, like early figs, but the other basket contained very bad figs, so bad they were inedible.
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 said, “Figs! The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are extremely bad, so bad they are inedible.”
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 word of the Lord came to me:
Jeremiah 24:5 (show verse)
“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah I sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 24:6 (show verse)
I will keep My eyes on them for their good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not demolish them; I will plant them and not uproot them.
Jeremiah 24:7 (show verse)
I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am Yahweh. They will be My people, and I will be their God because they will return to Me with all their heart.
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)
“But as for the bad figs, so bad they are inedible, this is what the Lord says: in this way I will deal with king Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.
Jeremiah 24:9 (show verse)
I will make them an object of horror and disaster to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace, an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing, wherever I have banished them.
Jeremiah 24:10 (show verse)
I will send the sword, famine, and plague against them until they have perished from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.”