Héxīāshū 11:6

6 Dāo jiàn bì líndào tāmende chéngyì , huǐhuaì mén shuān , bǎ rén tūn miè , dōu yīn tāmen suícóng zìjǐ de jì móu .

Héxīāshū 11:6 Meaning and Commentary

Hosea 11:6

And the sword shall abide on the cities
Or "shall fall" {y}, and continue; meaning the sword of the Assyrians, whereby Ephraim should be brought into subjection to them, and the king of Assyria become king over them; his sword should be drawn, and rest upon them, not only on their chief city Samaria, besieged three years by him, but upon all their other cities, which would fall into his hands, with the inhabitants of them: and shall consume his branches, and devour [them];
that is, the towns and villages adjoining to the cities; which were to them as branches are to a tree, sprung from them, and were supported by them; and, being near them, prospered or suffered as they did: some render it, "his bars" ^F26, as the word is sometimes used, and interpret it of the great men and nobles of the land. So the Targum,

``and it shall slay his mighty men, and destroy his princes;''

with which Jarchi agrees; because of their own counsels;
which they took and pursued, contrary to the counsel of God, the revelation of his mind and will; particularly in setting up idolatrous worship, and continuing in it, notwithstanding all the admonitions, exhortations, counsels, and threatenings of God by his prophets; or else because of their counsels with the Egyptians, and their covenants with them, for help against the Assyrian, whose yoke they were for casting off, and refused to pay tribute to; which provoked him to draw his sword upon them, which made the havoc it did in their cities, and the inhabitants of them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (hlx) "cedet", Calvin; "incidet", Schmidt; "irruet", Zanchius, Drusius, Liveleus.
F26 (wydb) "vectes ejus", Schmidt. So some in Drusius.

Héxīāshū 11:6 In-Context

4 Wǒ yòng cí shéng ( cí yuánwén shì rén de ) aì suǒ qiā yǐn tāmen , wǒ dāi tāmen rú rén fàng sōng niú de liǎng sāi jiá bǎn , bǎ liángshi fàng zaì tāmen miànqián .

5 Tāmen bì bú guī huí Āijí dì , Yàshù rén què yào zuò tāmende wáng , yīn tāmen bù kĕn guī xiàng wǒ .

6 Dāo jiàn bì líndào tāmende chéngyì , huǐhuaì mén shuān , bǎ rén tūn miè , dōu yīn tāmen suícóng zìjǐ de jì móu .

7 Wǒde mín piān yào bēi dào líkāi wǒ , zhòng xiānzhī suīrán zhāohū tāmen guī xiàng zhì shang de zhǔ , què wú rén zūnchóng zhǔ .

8 Yǐfǎlián nǎ , wǒ zĕn néng shĕ qì nǐ , Yǐsèliè a , wǒ zĕn néng qìjué nǐ , wǒ zĕn néng shǐ nǐ rú Yēmǎ , zĕn néng shǐ nǐ rú Xǐbiǎn , wǒ huí xīn zhuǎn yì , wǒde lián aì dàdà fādòng .