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Jeremías 24:5
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Así dice el Señor , Dios de Israel: "Como a estos higos buenos, así consideraré como buenos a los desterrados de Judá que yo he echado de este lugar a la tierra de los caldeos.
As ha dicho Jehov Dios de Israel: Como estos buenos higos, as conocer la trasportacin de Jud al cual ech de este lugar tierra de Caldeos, para bien.
As dijo el SEOR Dios de Israel: Como a estos buenos higos, as conocer la transportacin de Jud al cual ech de este lugar a la tierra de los caldeos, para bien.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I acknowledge: Nahum 1:7, Zechariah 13:9, Matthew 25:12, John 10:27, 1 Corinthians 8:3, Galatians 4:9, 2 Timothy 2:19
them that are carried away captive: Heb. the captivity, for. Deuteronomy 8:16, Psalms 94:12-14, Psalms 119:67, Psalms 119:71, Romans 8:28, Hebrews 12:5-10, Revelation 3:19
Reciprocal: Genesis 41:18 - General 2 Kings 25:27 - it came to pass Jeremiah 24:2 - One basket Jeremiah 24:8 - as Jeremiah 28:4 - captives Jeremiah 29:4 - whom Jeremiah 29:14 - and I will turn Jeremiah 29:20 - whom Ezekiel 1:1 - as I Ezekiel 11:16 - Thus saith Ezekiel 11:17 - General
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel,.... Of all the tribes of Israel; of the ten tribes that had been carried captive long ago by the king of Assyria; and of the other two tribes, part of whom were in Babylon, and the other in Judea, who were not wholly cut off by the Lord; but he still had a regard for them; and therefore introduces what he was about to say in this manner:
like those good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah; that they are good men, and like those good rigs, even those that were; and though they are carried captive: or, "I will know them" d; take notice of them; show an affectionate love to them, and care of them; make himself known unto them, and own them for his, in the furnace of affliction:
whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for [their] good; or "for good things", as the Septuagint and other versions; for their temporal good; some were raised to great honours, as Daniel, and his associates; others got and possessed estates in Babylon, and some returned with favours and riches: and this was also for their spiritual good; to bring them to a sense of their sins, to repentance for them, and acknowledgment of them; and particularly to cure them of idolatry, which it effectually did; so the Lord makes all "things to work together for good", to them that love him, Romans 8:28; and it may be observed, that though the Chaldeans carried the Jews captive out of their own land, and the city of Jerusalem, meant by "this place", into the land of Babylon, yet they were only instruments; it was the Lord's doing; he sent them thither. Jarchi connects the phrase "for good" with the word "acknowledge", supposing a transposition of the words, thus, "I will acknowledge them for good".
d אכיר "cognoscam", V. L. Gataker.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The complete fulfillment of this prophecy belongs to the Christian Church. There is a close analogy between Jeremiah at the first destruction of Jerusalem and our Lord at the second. There the good figs were those converts picked out by the preaching of Christ and the Apostles; the bad figs were the mass of the people left for Titus and the Romans to destroy.
Jeremiah 24:5
Acknowledge ... for their good - Specially their spiritual good. Put a comma after Chaldaeans.
Jeremiah 24:8
That dwell in the land of Egypt - Neither those carried captive with Jehoahaz into Egypt, nor those who fled there, are to share in these blessings. The new life of the Jewish nation is to be the work only of the exiles in Babylon.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 24:5. Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge — Those already carried away into captivity, I esteem as far more excellent than those who still remain in the land. They have not sinned so deeply, and they are now penitent; and, therefore, I will set mine eyes upon them for good, Jeremiah 24:6. I will watch over them by an especial providence, and they shall be restored to their own land.
