Yēlìmǐshū 47:3

3 Tīngjian dírén zhuàng mǎtí tiào de xiǎngshēng hé zhàn chē lóng lóng , chēlún hōng hōng . wèi fù de shǒu jiù fā ruǎn , bú huí tóu kàn gù érnǚ .

Yēlìmǐshū 47:3 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 47:3

At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong
[horses]
The noise of the cavalry of Nebuchadnezzar's army, as they came marching on towards the country of the Philistines; who, being mounted on strong prancing horses, made a great noise as they came along, and were heard at a distance: at the rushing of his chariots, [and at] the rumbling, of his wheels;
the rattling and clatter the chariot wheels made; in which rode the chief officers and generals, with other mighty men: chariots were much used in war in those times: the fathers shall not look back to [their] children for feebleness of
hands;
they should be so frightened at the approach of the enemy, and flee with much precipitancy to provide for their own safety, that they should not think of their children, or stay to deliver and save them, the most near and dear unto them; being so terrified as not to be able to lift up their hands to defend themselves, and protect their children. The Targum is,

``the fathers shall not look back to have mercy on [their] children;''

in their fright should forget their natural affection to them, and not so much as look back with an eye of pity and compassion on them; so intent upon their own deliverance and safety.

Yēlìmǐshū 47:3 In-Context

1 Fǎlǎo gōngjī Jiāsà zhī xiān , yǒu Yēhéhuá lún Fēilìshì rén de huà líndào xiānzhī Yēlìmǐ .

2 Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , yǒu shuǐ cóng bĕi fāng fāqǐ , chéngwéi zhǎng yì de hé , yào zhǎng guo biàn dì hé qízhōng suǒyǒude , bìng chéng hé qízhōng suǒ zhù de . rén bì hūhǎn . jìng neì de jūmín dōu bì āi haó .

3 Tīngjian dírén zhuàng mǎtí tiào de xiǎngshēng hé zhàn chē lóng lóng , chēlún hōng hōng . wèi fù de shǒu jiù fā ruǎn , bú huí tóu kàn gù érnǚ .

4 Yīnwei rìzi jiāng dào , yào huǐmiè yīqiè Fēilìshì rén , jiǎnchú bāngzhu Tuīluó , Xīdùn suǒ shèngxia de rén . yuánlái Yēhéhuá bì huǐmiè Fēilìshì rén , jiù shì jiā fĕi tuō hǎidǎo yú shèng de rén .

5 Jiāsà chéng le guāng tū . píngyuán zhōng suǒ shèng de Yàshíjīlún guīyú wú yǒu . nǐ yòng dāo huá shēn , yào dào jǐshí ne .