Yēlìmǐshū 37:14

14 Yēlìmǐ shuō , nǐ zhè shì huǎng huà , wǒ bìng bú shì tóu jiàng Jiālèdǐ rén . yī lì yǎ bù tīng tāde huà , jiù ná zhù tā , jiĕ dào shǒulǐng nàli .

Yēlìmǐshū 37:14 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 37:14

Then said Jeremiah, [it is] false
Or a "falsehood" ^F11; as undoubtedly it was; I fall not away to the Chaldeans;
for the Chaldean army was gone from the city; nor did Jeremiah like so well to be with an idolatrous people; for after the city was taken, when Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard gave him his choice, either to go with him to Babylon, where he promised to take care of him; or to go to Gedaliah, who was made governor of Judah; he chose rather to be with him, and his poor company: but he hearkened not to him;
would not hear his defence, or however would not give any credit to it, being unwilling to let slip this opportunity of doing him ill will: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes;
the princes of Zedekiah's court, or the princes of the people, the civil magistrates; or it may be the great sanhedrim, who he knew had no good disposition towards the prophet.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 (rqv) "mendacium est", Vatablus; "falsitas, calumnia", Schmidt.

Yēlìmǐshū 37:14 In-Context

12 Yēlìmǐ jiù zá zaì mín zhōng chū lí Yēlùsǎlĕng , yào wǎng Biànyǎmǐn dì qù , zaì nàli dé zìjǐ de dì yè .

13 Tā dào le Biànyǎmǐn mén nàli , yǒu shǒu mén guān míng jiào yī lì yǎ , shì Hānání yà de sūnzi , Shìlìmǐyǎ de érzi , tā jiù ná zhù xiānzhī Yēlìmǐ , shuō , nǐ shì tóu jiàng Jiālèdǐ rén nǎ .

14 Yēlìmǐ shuō , nǐ zhè shì huǎng huà , wǒ bìng bú shì tóu jiàng Jiālèdǐ rén . yī lì yǎ bù tīng tāde huà , jiù ná zhù tā , jiĕ dào shǒulǐng nàli .

15 Shǒulǐng nǎonù Yēlìmǐ , jiù dá le tā , jiāng tā qiú zaì Wénshì Yuēnádān de fángwū zhōng , yīnwei tāmen yǐ zhè fángwū dāng zuò jiān laó .

16 Yēlìmǐ lái dào yù zhōng , jìnrù laó fáng , zaì nàli qiú le duō rì .