Yǐsījiēshū 21:23

23 Jū nàxiē céng qǐshì de Yóudà rén kàn lái , zhè shì xūjiǎ de zhān bo . dàn Bābǐlún wáng yào shǐ tāmen xiǎngqǐ zuìniè , yǐzhì jiāng tāmen zhuō zhù .

Yǐsījiēshū 21:23 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 21:23

And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their
sight
That is, the Jews shall laugh at this divination as a vain thing, as a Heathenish practice, and of which nothing would come; and even at the prophet's account of it, and his prophecy concerning the king of Babylon coming to invade them; they looked upon them all as of a piece, trusting to their false prophets, who assured them that they should not be delivered into his hands: to them that have sworn oaths;
a description of the Jews, who had with their king Zedekiah sworn allegiance to the king of Babylon; which oaths they had violated, taking others to the king of Egypt; or, "because they were bound by oaths to them" ^F19; meaning either the Egyptians, who had bound themselves by oaths to protect the Jews; and therefore they feared nothing from this pretended divination and prophecy, as they judged them to be, though they had not kept faith with the Chaldeans themselves; or the Jews, because of the Egyptians who had entered into an alliance with them, confirmed by oaths; and this had made them secure, on this they depended. The Targum takes the words as if they signified "seven times seven"; and gives this strange paraphrase of them, accounting for the vain confidence of the Jews;

``and their divinations were lies in their eyes, and the enchantments with which he enchanted them; for they knew not that he had observed forty nine times (i.e. his arrows, images, and liver), and an answer was returned upon the word, till the time came to him in which they should be delivered into his hands:''

but he will call to remembrance the iniquity:
that is, Nebuchadnezzar would call to mind the perfidy and perjury of the king of Judah, in breaking covenant with him, and violating his oath. Some think that the Chaldeans that were with Nebuchadnezzar were not satisfied at first that it was a true divination that was made, they being set upon the taking of Rabbath first; but Nebuchadnezzar, remembering and putting them in mind of the treachery of Zedekiah, reconciled them to it, and determined them in the expedition against the Jews: that they may be taken;
as birds in a snare, or beasts in a net, and be carried captive.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 (Mhl twebv yebv) "quia obstrieti jurameutis eis suat", Piscator.

Yǐsījiēshū 21:23 In-Context

21 Yīnwei Bābǐlún wáng zhàn zaì chàlù nàli , zaì liǎng tiaó lùkǒu shang yào zhān bǔ . tā yáo qiā ( yuánwén zuò jiàn ) qiú wèn shénxiàng , chákàn xī shēng de gān .

22 Zaì yòushǒu zhōng ná zhe wèi Yēlùsǎlĕng zhān bo de qiā , shǐ tā ān shè zhuàng chéng chuí , zhāng kǒu jiào shā , yáng shēng nè hǎn , zhú lĕi zào tái , yǐ zhuàng chéng chuí , gōngdǎ chéng mén .

23 Jū nàxiē céng qǐshì de Yóudà rén kàn lái , zhè shì xūjiǎ de zhān bo . dàn Bābǐlún wáng yào shǐ tāmen xiǎngqǐ zuìniè , yǐzhì jiāng tāmen zhuō zhù .

24 Zhǔ Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , yīn nǐmen de guō fàn xiǎnlù , shǐ nǐmen de zuìniè beì jìniàn , yǐzhì nǐmen de zuìè zaì xíngwéi shang dōu zhāng xiǎn chūlai . yòu yīn nǐmen beì jìniàn , jiù beì zhuō zhù .

25 Nǐ zhè shòu sǐ shāng xíng è de Yǐsèliè wáng a , zuìniè de jìntóu dào le , shòu bào de rìzi yǐ dào .