Jeremiah 24:2 - Exposition

Like the figs that are first ripe . The early spring fig was considered a special delicacy (comp. Isaiah 27:4 ; Hosea 9:10 ); " ficus praecox ," Pliny calls it ('Hist. Nat.,' 15.19, quoted by Trench). Tristram suggests that the "bad figs" were those of a sycamore tree.