耶利米哀歌 4:6

6 都 因 我 眾 民 的 罪 孽 比 所 多 瑪 的 罪 還 大 ; 所 多 瑪 雖 然 無 人 加 手 於 他 , 還 是 轉 眼 之 間 被 傾 覆 。

耶利米哀歌 4:6 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 4:6

For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my
people
In the long siege of their city, and the evils that attended it, especially the sore famine: is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom;
which was destroyed at once by fire from heaven: or it may be rendered, "the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom" F16; though the men of Sodom were great sinners, the Jews were greater, their sins being more aggravated; to this agrees the Targum, which renders the word "sin", and paraphrases the words following thus,

``and there dwelt not in her prophets to prophesy unto her, and turn her by repentance;''
as the Jews had, and therefore their sin was the greater; both senses are true, and the one is the foundation of the other; but the first seems best to agree with what follows: that was overthrown as in a moment;
by a shower of fire from heaven, which consumed it at once; whereas the destruction of Jerusalem was a lingering one, through a long and tedious siege; the inhabitants were gradually wasted and consumed by famine, pestilence, and sword, and so their punishment greater than Sodom's: and no hand stayed on her;
that is, on Sodom; the hand of God was immediately upon her, and dispatched her at once, but not the hands of men; as the hands of the Chaldeans were upon the Jews, afflicting and distressing them a long time, which made their ease the worse.
FOOTNOTES:

F16 (tajxm) ----(Nwe ldgyw) "et ingens fuit iniquitas--prae peccato", Montanus; "et major extitit pravitas--prae peccato", Cocceius. So V. L.

耶利米哀歌 4:6 In-Context

4 吃 奶 孩 子 的 舌 頭 因 乾 渴 貼 住 上 膛 ; 孩 童 求 餅 , 無 人 擘 給 他 們 。
5 素 來 吃 美 好 食 物 的 , 現 今 在 街 上 變 為 孤 寒 ; 素 來 臥 朱 紅 褥 子 的 , 現 今 躺 臥 糞 堆 。
6 都 因 我 眾 民 的 罪 孽 比 所 多 瑪 的 罪 還 大 ; 所 多 瑪 雖 然 無 人 加 手 於 他 , 還 是 轉 眼 之 間 被 傾 覆 。
7 錫 安 的 貴 冑 素 來 比 雪 純 淨 , 比 奶 更 白 ; 他 們 的 身 體 比 紅 寶 玉 ( 或 譯 : 珊 瑚 ) 更 紅 , 像 光 潤 的 藍 寶 石 一 樣 。
8 現 在 他 們 的 面 貌 比 煤 炭 更 黑 , 以 致 在 街 上 無 人 認 識 ; 他 們 的 皮 膚 緊 貼 骨 頭 , 枯 乾 如 同 槁 木 。
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