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Fig-tree, The

 

Fig-tree, The

Produces a rich sweet fruit - Jud 9:11

Not found in desert places - Nu 20:5

ABOUNDED IN

• Egypt
- Ps 105:33
• Canaan
- Nu 13:23; De 8:8

Often grew wild - Am 7:14

Sometimes planted in vineyards - Lu 13:6

Propagated by the Jews - Am 4:9

Required cultivation - Lu 13:8

Fruit of, formed after winter - So 2:11,13

Leaves of, put forth, a sign of the approach of summer - Mt 24:32

Reasonableness of expecting fruit upon, when full of leaves - Mr 11:13

FRUIT OF

• Eaten fresh from the tree
- Mt 21:18,19
• Eaten dried in cakes
- 1Sa 30:12
• Gathered and kept in baskets
- Jer 24:1
• First ripe esteemed
- Jer 24:2; Ho 9:10
• Used in the miraculous healing of Hezekiah
- 2Ki 20:7; Isa 38:21
• Sold in the markets
- Ne 13:15
• Sent as presents
- 1Sa 25:18; 1Ch 12:40

A species of, produced vile and worthless fruit - Jer 29:17

Leaves of, used by Adam for covering - Ge 3:7

Afforded a thick shade - Joh 1:48,50

Often unfruitful - Lu 13:7

Failure of, a great calamity - Hab 3:17

THE JEWS PUNISHED BY

• God's breaking down
- Ho 2:12
• Failure of fruit on
- Jer 8:13; Hag 2:19
• Enemies devouring fruit of
- Jer 5:17
• Barking and eating of, by locusts
- Joe 1:4,7,12; Am 4:9

ILLUSTRATIVE

• (Barren,) of mere professors of religion
- Mt 21:19; Lu 13:6,7
• (Sitting under one's own,) of prosperity and peace
- 1Ki 4:25; Mic 4:4

FRUIT OF, ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of good works
- Mt 7:16
• (Good,) of saints
- Jer 24:2,3
• (Bad,) of wicked men
- Jer 24:2-8
• (First ripe,) of the fathers of the Jewish church
- Ho 9:10
• (Untimely and dropping,) of the wicked ripe for judgment
- Isa 34:4; Na 3:12; Re 6:13
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