Theme : Good Figs and Bad Figs
The purpose of the vision was to declare that those who went into exile with Jehoiachin, aka Jeconiah, would be better off than those left behind in Jerusalem; those who escaped the deportation would naturally think just the opposite. The good figs represent those who went into exile with Jeconiah, which was Jerusalem’s second exile (2 Kgs. 24:10). Ezekiel was part this second wave of exile. The bad figs represent those who stayed in Jerusalem under the reign of Zedekiah. The exiles were not morally superior, but they will obtain God’s favor. God promised to build them up and to return them to Israel one day. But the bad figs, those who stayed in Jerusalem, will not obtain God’s favor. They will suffer from sword, famine and pestilence.
Praying the Scripture
经文：耶利米书24
主题：好无花果和坏无花果
这个异象的目的是要宣告与约亚斤，即耶哥尼雅，一同被掳去的犹太人将会比那些留在耶路撒冷的境况要好；那些逃过掳掠之灾的人自然会以为情况是相反的。好的无花果代表与耶哥尼雅一同被掳去的人。这是耶路撒冷第二次被掳（王下24:10）。先知以西结属于这第二次被掳的人群中。坏的无花果代表那些留在耶路撒冷并受西底家统治的人。被掳的人在道德上不比留下的优越，但他们得到神的眷顾。神应许要建立他们，并使他们总有一日归回以色列。但是，坏的无花果，即留在耶路撒冷的人，将不会得到神的眷顾。他们将受刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫之苦。
用经文祷告
即便在审判中，神继续劝告祂的百姓要顺服祂，并接受他的祝福。神是一位怜悯的神，祂渴望百姓悔改。主耶稣为其他人做了同样的事。即便外邦人拒绝自己，祂仍持续向外邦人伸手，打发祂所医治被鬼附的病人向外邦人传说祂所作之事（路8:39）。祷告你会有一颗怜悯的心，像神对犹太人一样用耐心持续地劝告他们。
