Deu 26:1-4, 2Sa 16:1-2, Isa 28:4, Jer 24:1-3, 40:10, Mic 7:1 | TSK | STEP | The confession of him that offers the basket of first-fruits. The prayer of him that gives his third year's tithes. The covenant between God and his people.

summer.These were probably pumpkins, cucumbers, or water-melons; the two latter being extensively used in the East to refresh travellers in the burning heat of the summer; and probably, as Mr. Harmer supposes, called summer fruits on this very account.

Jer 40:10,12; Am 8:1; Mic 7:1

a bottle.

1Sa 10:3; 16:20

What meanest.

Ge 21:29; 33:8; Eze 37:18The asses. This is the eastern mode of speaking when presenting any thing to a great man: "This is for the slaves of the servants of your majesty;" when at the same time the presents are intended for the sovereign himself, and it is so understood.

15:1; 19:26; Jud 5:10; 10:4

for the young.

1Sa 25:27

that such.

15:23; 17:29; Jud 8:4,5; 1Sa 14:28; Pr 31:6,7

Isaiah 28:4

shall be.

1; Ps 73:19,20; Ho 6:4; 9:10,11,16; 13:1,15; Jas 1:10,11

the hasty."No sooner," says Dr. Shaw, "doth the {boccore} (or early fig) draw near to perfection in the middle or latter end of June, than the {kermez,} or summer fig, begins to be formed, though it rarely ripens before August; about which time the same tree frequently throws out a third crop, or winter fig, as we may call it. This is usually of a much longer shape and darker complexion than the {kermez,} hanging and ripening upon the tree, even after the leaves are shed; and, provided the winter proves mild and temperate, is gathered as a delicious morsel in the spring."

Mic 7:1; Na 3:12; Re 6:13

eateth. Heb. swalloweth.

Jeremiah 24:1-3

1 Under the type of good and bad figs,

4 he foreshews the restoration of them that were in captivity;

8 and the desolation of Zedekiah and the rest.

A.M. 3406. B.C. 598. Lord.

Am 3:7; 7:1,4,7; 8:1; Zec 1:20; 3:1

two.

De 26:2-4

after.

22:24-28; 29:2; 2Ki 24:12-16; 2Ch 36:10; Eze 19:9

smiths.

1Sa 13:19,20

One basket.

5-7; Ho 9:10; Mic 7:1

first ripe.The {boccore,} or figs of the early sort; perhaps those which are ripe about six weeks before the full season, which are reckoned a great dainty. See Note on Isa 28:4.

naughty.The winter fig, probably, then in its crude or unripe state.

8-10; Isa 5:4,7; Eze 15:2-5; Mal 1:12-14; Mt 5:13

they were so bad. Heb. for badness.

What.

1:11-14; 1Sa 9:9; Am 7:8; 8:2; Zec 4:2; 5:2,5-11; Mt 25:32,33