Глава 24

The prophet again sets out the prophecy in parables and significant signs, and sees in a certain revelation (Jer. 24:1) “two baskets of figs placed before the church” of God. The time of the prophecy also tells. For he says that he saw this after the exile of Jehoiachin and the reign of Zedekiah, and that in one pot the figs were good and ripe; and in the other they are extremely thin and completely unfit for food. Having then received a question about them from God, he explained the difference in the figs shown; and after this he will know what they mean; because God likened all kinds of ripe figs to those who had already become captives, and promises them a return from captivity, His care for them, and prosperity along with piety, and likens to figs that do not have a good appearance, not only those who remained in Judea, but also those who fled to Egypt, with them King Zedekiah and the princes, and threatens them with the army of Babylon, and the sorrowful events that happen during war, famine, plague, murder and captivity. Thus, having foreshadowed all this, he offers the prophecy that was before this; because what has been said so far was spoken after Jehoiachin, and what will be spoken about was under King Jehoiakim, the father of Jehoiachin. Time means it clearly.