Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 24:2

2 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe : and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad .

God afterwards explaineth to the Prophet, and he to the Kings house, the significancy of this Vision. The Figs first ripe are usually best: by these good figs, as will appear by the following verses are intended, Iechonia or Iehojachim, with the 10000 mentioned 2 Kin. 24.14. and the 7000 mentioned v. 16. which went with him into Captivity.

By the other Figs which were very bad, not to be eaten, are signified Zedekiah and the residue of the people, carried with him into Captivity. Some may object, that Iechonia, and the people then caried away, were wicked e[illegible: 1 letter]ough, why else were they carried away, and being so, how are they compared to good Figs? Answ, Though they were bad, yet they might be comparatively good. This people for the eleven years they continued in their own land, after that their brethren were carried away, not only continuing in their former courses, but still growing worse and worse. 2. They seem not to be called good or bad figs with respect to their manners or quality, but in respect to what God intended to do to them, viz. to use them as bad figs are used, not fit to be eaten.

Marginal references: Heb. for badness.