 | I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart. |
 | And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. |
 | I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the LORD; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart. |
| Jeremiah 24:7 |
Commentary
The Lord's answer to His people's inability to maintain the covenant relationship is for He Himself to intervene and create in them a new capacity for knowing Him.
Whitlock, L. G., Sproul, R. C., Waltke, B. K., & Silva, M. (1995). Reformation study Bible, the : Bringing the light of the Reformation to Scripture : New King James Version. Includes index. (Je 24:7). Nashville: T. Nelson.
The Sign of the Figs (Jeremiah 24)
24:1-7The Lord showed Jeremiah two baskets of figs set in front of the temple. One basket contained very good figs and the other contained very bad figs.
The good figs pictured the exiles in Babylon, who would be brought back to the land because they would return to God with their whole heart.
24:8-10The bad figs pictured Zedekiah the king of Judah, his princes, and the people remaining in the land after the deportation in Jeconiah's reign. The exiles will be brought back to the land, but the others will be scattered and consumed by sword, famine, and pestilence.
MacDonald, W., & Farstad, A. (1997, c1995). Believer's Bible Commentary : Old and New Testaments (Je 24:1). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
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