Jeremiah 24: Group Study Handout

How to use: read Jeremiah 24 aloud together, then take the questions in order. One page is enough for an evening.

Overview

Yahweh shows Jeremiah a vision of two baskets of figs before His temple after Nebuchadnezzar captured Jeconiah and other leaders of Judah (vv. 1-2). One basket contains very good figs and the other has very bad figs.

Key verse

“Yahweh, the God of Israel says: ‘Like these good figs, so I will regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good.”
Jeremiah 24:5 (WEB)

Outline

Jeremiah 24:1–2 The Vision of Two Baskets of Figs
Jeremiah 24:3–7 God's Promise to the Exiles
Jeremiah 24:8–10 Judgment on Those Who Remain

Discussion questions

In v1, who is taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar and brought to Babylon?
What do the 'good figs' in v5 signify in God's message?
The promise in v6: what does God mean by 'I will build them, and not pull them down'?
In vv. 9-10, why does God say the bad figs will become a 'reproach and a proverb'?
When have you felt like a 'bad fig' in a situation beyond your control?

Go deeper

Passages that echo Jeremiah 24: Hebrews 8, 2 Corinthians 6, Jeremiah 29.

Before next time: read Jeremiah 25.