Jeremiah 24

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 24 of 52

1 Jehovah made me see, and, behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of Jehovah, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had exiled Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the rulers of Judah, and the craftsmen, and the smiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

2 One basket had very good figs, like first ripe figs. And the other basket had very bad figs which could not be eaten from their badness.

3 And Jehovah said to me, What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs. The good figs are very good, and the bad are very bad, so that they cannot be eaten from their badness.

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Chapter Summary

Under the type of good and bad figs, he foreshows the restoration of them that were in captivity, and the desolation of Zedekiah.

Key Hebrew Words

תְּאֵנָה fig H8384 · TWOT 2490
טוֹבָה good H2896 · TWOT 793c
רָעָה bad, evil H7451 · TWOT 2191c
גָּלוּת exiles H1546 · TWOT 350b
לֵב heart H3820 · TWOT 1071a
נָטַע plant H5193 · TWOT 1354

People & Context

Jeremiah

The prophet to whom Jehovah shows the vision; he answers, declaring he sees figs (v3).

Nebuchadnezzar

King of Babylon who had exiled Jeconiah and the rulers of Judah to Babylon (v1).

Jeconiah

Son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, carried into exile to Babylon (v1).

Zedekiah

King of Judah, likened to the bad figs Jehovah will reject (v8).

Jehoiakim

Former king of Judah, named as the father of the exiled Jeconiah (v1).

Timeline

Vision of the Two Baskets of Figs

After Jeconiah's exile, Jehovah shows Jeremiah two baskets of figs outside the temple. The good figs represent the exiles God will restore and give a new heart. The bad, inedible figs represent King Zedekiah and the survivors in Jerusalem and Egypt, doomed to sword, famine, and plague.

Jeremiah 24:1-10

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