Text: Jeremiah 29:14
OT Text Referred to: Jeremiah 24:8
Subject: trouble for the bad figs
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Both texts address the contrast between the exiled community (the "good figs") and those remaining in Jerusalem (the "bad figs"). Jeremiah 24:8 identifies Zedekiah and those remaining in Jerusalem as "bad figs" (תְּאֵנִים הָרָעוֹת, te'enim hara'ot) destined for sword, famine, and plague. Jeremiah 29:14 reinforces this judgment by contrasting the exiles' future restoration — "I will gather you from all the nations" — with the fate of those who remained, whom God will pursue with "sword, famine, and plague" (29:17-18). The connection demonstrates Jeremiah's counterintuitive theology: exile, not remaining in the land, is the path to restoration, and the "bad figs" who stayed behind face the severer judgment.