Lìwèijì 26:38

38 Nǐmen yào zaì liè bāng zhōng mièwáng , chóudí zhī dì yào tūn chī nǐmen .

Lìwèijì 26:38 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 26:38

And ye shall perish among the Heathen
Not utterly, but great numbers of them, through change of air, and different diet, as Aben Ezra, and through the cruel usage of their enemies; for there is a body of them which continues unto this day; unless this is to be understood of the ten tribes, as R. Akiba F2 interprets it, who are supposed to be entirely lost and swallowed up among the nations where they were carried captive:

and the land of your enemies shall eat you up;
they should die in it through one disease or another; by the pestilence, as the Targum of Jonathan, and so be buried in it; in which sense it may be said to eat them up, or consume them, for the grave swallows up and consumes all that are put into it; Jarchi says, this is to be understood of those that die in captivity.


FOOTNOTES:

F2 In Torat Cohanim, ut supra. (par. 1. fol. 197. 2.)

Lìwèijì 26:38 In-Context

36 Zhìyú nǐmen shèngxia de rén , wǒ yào shǐ tāmen zaì chóudí zhī dì xīn jīng dǎnqiè . yèzi beì fēng chuī de xiǎngshēng , yào zhuīgǎn tāmen , tāmen yào taóbì , xiàng rén taóbì dāo jiàn , wú rén zhuīgǎn , què yào diēdǎo .
37 Wú rén zhuīgǎn , tāmen yào bǐcǐ zhuàng diē , xiàng zaì dāo jiàn zhī qián . nǐmen zaì chóudí miànqián yĕ bì zhàn lì bú zhù .
38 Nǐmen yào zaì liè bāng zhōng mièwáng , chóudí zhī dì yào tūn chī nǐmen .
39 Nǐmen shèngxia de rén bì yīn zìjǐ de zuìniè hé zǔzong de zuìniè zaì chóudí zhī dì xiāomiè .
40 Tāmen yào chéngrèn zìjǐ de zuì hé tāmen zǔzong de zuì , jiù shì gānfàn wǒde nà zuì , bìngqiĕ chéngrèn zìjǐ xíngshì yǔ wǒ fǎnduì ,
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