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Then said Yahweh to me, What see you, Jeremiah? I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that can`t be eaten, they are so bad.
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God's Counter-Intuitive Favor
Commentators explain that the vision's meaning was counter-intuitive. Those exiled in Babylon (the 'good figs') seemed cursed, while those in Jerusalem (the 'bad figs') felt secure. God reveals the opposite was true, teaching that we cannot judge His favor by outward circumstances. As Matthew Henry notes, 'Early suffering sometimes proves for the best,' showing that hardship can be a path to restoration.
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19th Century
Anglican
What do you see, Jeremiah? —The question is asked as if to force the symbol as strongly as possible on the prophet’s mind…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then said the Lord to me, what do you see, Jeremiah ? &c.] This question is put, in order that, upon his answer to i…
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Presbyterian
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…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the separation of the wicked princes from the good is spoken of through a simile.
First is the explanation of the …
