The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
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Interpretation
This verse speaks in the wider setting of judgment and tears as Jeremiah unfolds its message.
Glossary
- Babylon Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Babylon.
- Jehoiakim Person
- He whom Jehovah has set up, the second son of Josiah, and eighteenth king of Judah, which he ruled over for eleven years (B. C. 610-599). His original name was Eliakim (q. v. ).
- Jerusalem Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.