The complete fulfillment of this prophecy belongs to the Christian Church. There is a close analogy between Jeremiah at the first destruction of Je…

Again the word of the Lord came unto me. —The words seem to imply an interval, during which the prophet was left to ponder over the symbol…

In the last lecture, we began to explain the meaning of the vision which the Prophet relates. We said that the miserable exiles, whose condition mi…

Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying .
] As follows; where an explanation is given of the above vision, to …

Good and bad figs represent the Jews in captivity, and those who remain in their own land.

The prophet saw two baskets of figs set before the…

1. Here, the separation of the wicked princes from the good is spoken of through a simile.

   1. First is the explanation of the …