Jeremiah 24:2
Context24:2 One basket had very good-looking figs in it. They looked like those that had ripened early. 1 The other basket had very bad-looking figs in it, so bad they could not be eaten.
Jeremiah 32:39
Context32:39 I will give them a single-minded purpose to live in a way that always shows respect for me. They will want to do that for 2 their own good and the good of the children who descend from them.
Jeremiah 52:1
Context52:1 3 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem 4 for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal 5 daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.


[24:2] 1 sn See Isa 28:4; Hos 9:10.
[32:39] 2 tn Heb “I will give to them one heart and one way to [= in order that they may] fear me all the days for good to them.” The phrase “one heart” refers both to unanimity of will and accord (cf. 1 Chr 12:38 [12:39 HT]; 2 Chr 30:12) and to singleness of purpose or intent (cf. Ezek 11:19 and see BDB 525 s.v. ֵלב 4 where reference is made to “inclinations, resolutions, and determinations of the will”). The phrase “one way” refers to one way of life or conduct (cf. BDB 203 s.v. דֶּרֶךְ 6.a where reference is made to moral action and character), a way of life that is further qualified by the goal of showing “fear, reverence, respect” for the
[52:1] 3 sn This final chapter does not mention Jeremiah, but its description of the downfall of Jerusalem and exile of the people validates the prophet’s ministry.
[52:1] 4 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[52:1] 5 tn Some textual witnesses support the Kethib (consonantal text) in reading “Hamital.”