Jeremiah 24:2 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 24:2

One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.

BSB

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ASV

One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

Hence miserable Jeconiah, who was banished and deprived of his kingdom, was apparently undergoing a most grievous punishment, together with his companions, who had been led away with him; and the Jews who remained at Jerusalem no doubt flattered themselves, as though God had dealt more kindly with them.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

They are called good and bad respectively, not in an absolute, but a comparative sense, and in reference to the punishment of the latter. This prophecy was designed to encourage the despairing exiles, and to reprove the people at home, who prided themselves as superior to those in Babylon and abused the forbearance of God (compare Jer 52:31-34).

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הַדּ֣וּד	ha.Dud	the basket	H1731 →
אֶחָ֗ד	'e.Chad	one	H259 →
תְּאֵנִים֙	te.'e.Nim	[was] figs	H8384 →
טֹב֣וֹת	to.Vot	good	H2896 →
מְאֹ֔ד	me.'Od	very	H3966 →
כִּתְאֵנֵ֖י	kit.'e.Nei	like [the] figs of	H8384 →
הַבַּכֻּר֑וֹת	ha.ba.ku.Rot	the early figs	H1063 →
וְהַדּ֣וּד	ve.ha.Dud	and the basket	H1731 →
אֶחָ֗ד	'e.Chad	one	H259 →
תְּאֵנִים֙	te.'e.Nim	[was] figs	H8384 →
רָע֣וֹת	ra.'ot	bad	H7451 →
מְאֹ֔ד	me.'Od	very	H3966 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
תֵֽאָכַ֖לְנָה	te.'a.Khal.nah	they will be eaten	H398 →
מֵרֹֽעַ׃ ס	me.Ro.a'	from badness	H7455 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but…
leads to
- Psalms 80:8–11
  You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
- Jeremiah 12:10
  Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.
Through
Isaiah 5:4
What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?
leads to
- Matthew 23:37
  O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you…
- Micah 6:3–4
  ‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!
Through
Micah 7:1
Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.
leads to
- Isaiah 28:4
  The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand…
- Hosea 9:10
  I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so…
- Isaiah 24:13
  So will it be on the earth and among the nations, like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after a grape harvest.
Through
Hosea 9:10
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so…
leads to
- Jeremiah 11:13
  Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Jeremiah

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Jeremiah