Verse 2
One basket: Jeremiah 24:5-Judges :, Hosea 9:10, Micah 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 Isaiah 28:4.
naughty: The winter fig, probably, then in its crude or unripe state. Jeremiah 24:8-2 Samuel :, Isaiah 5:4, Isaiah 5:7, Ezekiel 15:2-Deuteronomy :, Malachi 1:12-2 Chronicles :, Matthew 5:13
they were so bad: Heb. for badness
Reciprocal: Numbers 18:13 - whatsoever Psalms 81:6 - from the pots Proverbs 6:12 - naughty Jeremiah 29:16 - General Matthew 25:2 - General
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