Jer. 24:1 Nebuchadnezzar (see 21:1–2). taken into exile. In 597 b.c. Jeconiah. Also called Jehoiachin (52:31) and Coniah (22:24). officials. Civil servants. craftsmen, metal workers. Persons useful to the conquerors. vision. See 1:11–16. For the image of figs, see 29:14.
Jer. 24:3 The good figs are the exiles.
Jer. 24:6 build . . . plant. God will restore the exiles (1:10; 12:2; 18:9).
Jer. 24:7 I will give them a heart to know. Saving knowledge of God (see 4:4; 31:31–34; see note on 9:3) based on God’s sovereign grace. be my people. Special covenantal relationship (31:31–34). They shall return by repenting (Deut. 30:1–10).
Jer. 24:8 The disgustingly bad figs are (1) the king, (2) the remaining people in Judah, and (3) the people who fled to Egypt to escape the invasion.
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