Jeremiah 24:1, Under the type of good and bad figs, Jeremiah 24:4, he foreshews the restoration of them that were in captivity; Jeremiah 24:8, and the desolation of Zedekiah and the rest.
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Again Jeremiah's ungrateful task is to take up an attitude of direct opposition to the king (comp. Jeremiah 22:13-30), though, indeed, Zedekiah personally is so weak and dependent on others that he neither…Jeremiah 24:1-10Jeremiah 24:1-10 · The Pulpit CommentaryTwo baskets of figs.
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