Héxīāshū 4:3

3 Yīncǐ , zhè dì bēiāi , qí shang de mín , tiānyĕ de shòu , kōng zhōng de niǎo , bì dōu shuāiwēi , hǎi zhōng de yú yĕ bì xiāomiè .

Héxīāshū 4:3 Meaning and Commentary

Hosea 4:3

Therefore shall the land mourn
Because of the calamities on it, the devastations made in it; nothing growing upon it, through a violent drought; or the grass and corn being trodden down, or eaten up, by a foreign army: and everyone that dwelleth therein shall languish;
that is, every man, an inhabitant thereof, shall become weak, languish away, and die through wounds received by the enemy; or for want of food, or being infected with the wasting and destroying pestilence: with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven;
the one shall die in the field for want of grass to eat, and the other shall drop to the earth through the infection of the air: yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away;
or "gathered" ^F16; to some other place, so as to disappear; or they shall be consumed and die, as Kimchi interprets it; and as all these creatures are for the good of men, for sustenance, comfort, and delight, when they are taken away, it is by way of punishment for their sins. So the Targum,

``the fishes of the sea shall be lessened for their sins.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 (wpoay) "congregabuntur", V. L.; "collgentur", Montanus, Vatablus, Drusius, Schmidt.

Héxīāshū 4:3 In-Context

1 Yǐsèliè rén nǎ , nǐmen dāng tīng Yēhéhuá de huà . Yēhéhuá yǔ zhè dì de jūmín zhēng biàn , yīn zhè dì shang wú chéngshí , wú liángshàn , wú rén rènshi shén .

2 Dàn qǐ jiǎ shì , bù jiàn qián yán , shāhaì , tōudào , jiānyín , xíng qiángbào , shārén liúxuè , jiē lián bú duàn .

3 Yīncǐ , zhè dì bēiāi , qí shang de mín , tiānyĕ de shòu , kōng zhōng de niǎo , bì dōu shuāiwēi , hǎi zhōng de yú yĕ bì xiāomiè .

4 Ránér , rén dōu bú bì zhēng biàn , yĕ bú bì zhǐzé , yīnwei zhè mín yǔ kàng jù jìsī de rén yíyàng .

5 Nǐ zhè jìsī bì rì jiān diēdǎo , xiānzhī yĕ bì yè jiān yǔ nǐ yītóng diēdǎo . wǒ bì mièjué nǐde mǔqin .