Jeremiah 24

Jeremiah 24:1

AFter that] In the beginning of Zedekiahs reign, 2 Kings 24:17. See Chap. 27. 1. & 28. 1.

king of Babylon had carried away captive] 2 King. 24. 12, &c. 2 Chronicles 36:10. Chap. 29. 2.

Jechoniah] Called else-where Jehoiachin, 2 Kings 24:8. and Coniah, Chap. 22. 24.

Jeremiah 24:2

One basket had very good figs, &c.] Of the figs which he saw in the vision; the good resembled those that were already gone into captivitie under Jhoniah; Vers. 5. the bad, those that yet remained under Zedekiah. Vers. 8.

which could not be eaten, they were so bad] Heb. shall not be eaten (as Chap. 2. 23. & 11. 12.) for badnesse. So Vers. 3. 8.

Jeremiah 24:5

I acknowledge them that are carried away captive] Heb. the captivitie. Psa. 126. 1. I take speciall notice of them, and own them, Psal 1. 6. & 37. 18. John 10:14. Matthew 7:23.

for their good] Hence some gather, that God approved of his delivering up of himself unto Nebuchadnezzar, 2 Kings 24:12. as obeying the like command, to that Chap. 21. 8. But the plainer meaning is, that this was done by a speciall hand of God; and that for the good of those among them, that belonged unto God, Psal. 119. 67, 71. Romans 8:28. 1 Corinthians 11:30. 32.

Jeremiah 24:6

I will set mine eyes upon them] Psalms 33:18. & Psalms 34:15.

for good] Nehem. 5. 19. & 13. 31.

I will bring them again to this land] Chap. 12. 15. & 16. 15.

I will build them, &c.] Chap. 42. 10.

Jeremiah 24:7

I will give them an heart to know me] Intimating that man cannot know God to any purpose, untill God give him an understanding heart, 1 John 5:20. 2 Tim. 2. 7.

an heart, &c.] Deuteronomy 30:6. Chap. 32. 39. Ezekiel 11:19. & 36. 26, 27.

they shall be my people, and I will be their God] Chap. 30. 22. and 31. 33. & 32. 38.

they shall return unto me with their whole heart] Sincerely, and intirely; not fainedly and haltingly; as formerly they had done. Chap. 3. 10. & 29. 13. Psalms 119:3.

Jeremiah 24:8

the evil figs, &c.] Vers. 2. Chap. 29. 17.

them that dwell in the land of Egypt] That shall fly, contrary to my command into Egypt, 2 Kings 25:26. Chap. 42. 15,-18. and 43. 4,—7. or, that have fled (as it is not unlikely that some had) already, Isaiah 30:2. & Isaiah 31:1.

Jeremiah 24:9

to be removed into all the kingdomes of the earth] Heb for removing; or, vexation. To be driven to and fro, Chap. 29. 18. & 34. 17. Or, to be vexed & molested, 2 Chron. 29. 8. Isaiah 29:18. Hab. 2. 7. See Lamentations 1:8. See Chap. 15. 4. Deuteronomy 28:25.

to be a reproch and a proverb] Heb. for, or, unto a reproch, and for, or, unto a proverb. Deuteronomy 28:37. 1 King. 9 7.

a taunt and a curse] Chap. 26. 6. & 29. 22.

Jeremiah 24:10

I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them] Chap. 14. 15. & 34. 17.