Jeremiah 24:3

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
said	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֜ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
seest	רֹאֶה֙ ro.'Eh	H7200	to see · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
Jeremiah	יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ yir.me.Ya.hu	H3414	Jirmejah · proper noun, a man's name
said	וָאֹמַ֖ר va.'o.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
Figs	תְּאֵנִ֑ים te.'e.Nim	H8384	the fig (tree or fruit) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
good	הַטֹּבוֹת֙ ha.tOt	H2896	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense · definite article + adjective, feminine plural absolute
figs	הַתְּאֵנִ֤ים ha.te.'e.Nim	H8384	the fig (tree or fruit) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
very	מְאֹ֔ד me.'Od	H3966	properly · cardinal number, masculine singular absolute
good	טֹב֣וֹת to.Vot	H2896	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense · adjective, feminine plural absolute
evil	וְהָֽרָעוֹת֙ ve.ha.ra.'Ot	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · conjunction + definite article + adjective, feminine plural absolute
very	מְאֹ֔ד me.'Od	H3966	properly · cardinal number, masculine singular absolute
evil	רָע֣וֹת ra.'ot	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · adjective, feminine plural absolute
eaten	תֵאָכַ֖לְנָה te.'a.Khal.nah	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural
evil	מֵרֹֽעַ me.Ro.a'	H7455	badness (as marring) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Amos 8:2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Isra…
Jeremiah 1:11-14 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
Zechariah 4:2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his…
Zechariah 5:5-11 Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.
Matthew 25:32-33 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
1 Samuel 9:9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophe…
Amos 7:8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst o…
Zechariah 5:2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 24:1–end

This short chapter helps us to put a very comfortable construction upon a great many long ones, by showing us that the same providence which to some is a savour of death unto death may by the grace and blessing of God be made to others a savour of life unto life; and that, though God's people share with others in the same calamity, yet it is not the same to them that it is to others, but is designed for their good and shall issue in their good; to them it is a correcting rod in the hand of a tender Father, while to others it is an avenging sword in the hand of a righteous Judge. Observe, I. The date of this sermon. It was after, a little after, Jeconiah's captivity, Jer 24:1. Jeconiah was hi…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 24:2

figs . . . first ripe--the "boccora," or early fig (see on Isa 28:4). Baskets of figs used to be offered as first-fruits in the temple. The good figs represent Jeconiah and the exiles in Babylon; the bad, Zedekiah and the obstinate Jews in Judea. 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).

John Gill on Jeremiah 24:3

Then said the Lord unto me, what seest thou, Jeremiah?.... This question is put, in order that, upon his answer to it, he might have an explication of the vision: and I said, figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil; or "so bad", or "because of badness" (b); which may be applied to mankind in general; who may be distinguished into good and bad: those that are good, who are made so by the grace of God; for none are so by nature, or of themselves; they are very good: they have many good things in them; they have a good heart, a new and a clean heart, and a right spirit created in them; they have a good understanding of spiritual things;…

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Dictionary and topics

Fig Tree · General references — General references
Fig Tree, The · Fruit of, illustrative: (Good,) of saints — Fruit of, illustrative: (Good,) of saints
Righteous · .Good figs — .Good figs
Saints, Compared To · Good figs — Good figs

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 24:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 24:1–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 24:2

John Gill on Jeremiah 24:3

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 24:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 24:1–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 24:2

John Gill on Jeremiah 24:3

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Jeremiah 24:3-5

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 24:3

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 24:1-10

Rashi on Jeremiah 24:2