Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
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Gill's Exposition
For I will set mine eyes upon them for good,.... His eyes of omniscience, providence, and grace; to communicate good things to them; to take care of them in the furnace of affliction, that they were…
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…
This short chapter helps us to put a very comfortable construction upon a great many long ones, by showing us that the same providence which to some is a savour of death unto death may by the grace…
Cambridge Bible
so will I regard … for good as one looks with pleasure on good fruit. Cp. Eze 11:17 ff; Eze 20:37 f. Ezekiel on the other hand condemns (as does Jeremiah) those who remained in Jerusalem (Eze 12:1-28;…
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