Jer 24:1 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Jer 24:1-10: 24:1-10 This section is a discussion of the meaning of the exile of 597 BC . Some were saying that it had been God’s way of getting the rotten figs out of the barrel (Jerusalem) so that the good figs would survive. Jeremiah said that the exact opposite was the case. The good figs had been taken out of the barrel (into exile) so that the rotten figs would not destroy them. 24:1 Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar had taken Jehoiachin into captivity to Babylon in 597 BC . Jehoiachin’s surrender had spared Jerusalem, but its treasures and 10,000 of its elite citizens had gone into exile (2 Kgs 24:8-16 ). • Typically, baskets of figs would be displayed in a market rather than in the Temple area.

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‏ Jeremiah 24:1

Summary for Jer 24:1-10: 24:1-10 ^a This section is a discussion of the meaning of the exile of 597 BC. Some were saying that it had been God’s way of getting the rotten figs out of the barrel (Jerusalem) so that the good figs would survive. Jeremiah said that the exact opposite was the case. The good figs had been taken out of the barrel (into exile) so that the rotten figs would not destroy them. 24:1 ^b Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar had taken Jehoiachin into captivity to Babylon in 597 BC. Jehoiachin’s surrender had spared Jerusalem, but its treasures and 10,000 of its elite citizens had gone into exile (2 Kgs 24:8-16 ^c).

• Typically, baskets of figs would be displayed in a market rather than in the Temple area.