Jeremiah 24 in the early church

[Vulgate: Jeremias]

17 passages quote, allude to, or echo Jeremiah 24, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

Verses: 1 · 2 · 3 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 10

Jeremiah 24:1

After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 24:1	Letter 31.3 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Jer 24:1–10	Commentary on Jeremiah 5.2 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 414-419

Jeremiah 24:2

One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 24:2	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 53 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
Jer 24:2	Commentary on Jeremiah 5.66 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 414-419

Jeremiah 24:3

“Jeremiah,” the LORD asked, “what do you see?” “Figs!” I replied. “The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be eaten.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 24:3	Symposium 10.5 · Methodius of Olympus	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century
Jer 24:3	Letter 31.3 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Jeremiah 24:5

“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 24:5–6	Hexameron (Exameron) 3.59 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-390

Jeremiah 24:6

I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 24:6	Commentary on 2 Corinthians 2:11 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, low confidence	ca. 366–384
Jer 24:6	Commentary on Romans 11:23 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 366–384
Jer 24:6	Question 102, section 7 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384
Jer 24:6–7	Book 1, chapter 24 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	ca. 440-450

Jeremiah 24:7

I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 24:7	Letter 217.26 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
Jer 24:7	On the Predestination of the Saints 20 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 428/429
Jer 24:7	On the Gift of Perseverance 14 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 428/429
Jer 24:7	On the Gift of Perseverance 20 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 428/429

Jeremiah 24:8

But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 24:8	On the Computation of Easter 11 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	243

Jeremiah 24:10

And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Jer 24:10	On the Computation of Easter 11 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	243