Yēlìmǐshū 17:19-27

19 Yēhéhuá duì wǒ rúcǐ shuō , nǐ qù zhàn zaì píng mín de ménkǒu , jiù shì Yóudà jūnwáng chūrù de mén , yòu zhàn zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng de gĕ ménkǒu ,

20 Duì tāmen shuō , nǐmen zhè Yóudà jūnwáng hé Yóudà zhòngrén , bìng Yēlùsǎlĕng de yīqiè jūmín , fán cóng zhèxie mén jìnrù de dōu dāng tīng Yēhéhuá de huà .

21 Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , nǐmen yào jǐnshèn , búyào zaì ānxīrì dān shénme dànzi jìnrù Yēlùsǎlĕng de ge mén .

22 Yĕ búyào zaì ānxīrì cóng jiā zhōng dǎn chū dànzi qù . wúlùn hé gōng dōu bùkĕ zuò , zhǐyào yǐ ānxīrì wèi shèng rì , zhēng rú wǒ suǒ fēnfu nǐmen lièzǔ de .

23 Tāmen què bú tīng cóng , bú zè ĕr ér tīng , jìng yìng zhe jǐngxiàng bú tīng , bù shòu jiàoxun .

24 Yēhéhuá shuō , nǐmen ruò liúyì tīng cóng wǒ , zaì ānxīrì bú dān shénme dànzi jìnrù zhè chéng de gè mén , zhī yǐ ānxīrì wèi shèng rì , zaì nà rì wúlùn hé gōng dōu bú zuò .

25 Nàshí jiù yǒu zuò Dàwèi bǎozuò de jūnwáng hé shǒulǐng , tāmen yǔ Yóudà rén , bìng Yēlùsǎlĕng de jūmín , huò zuò chē , huò qí mǎ , jìnrù zhè chéng de gè mén , érqiĕ zhè chéng bì cún dào yǒngyuǎn .

26 Yĕ bì yǒu rén cóng Yóudà chéngyì hé Yēlùsǎlĕng sìwéi de gè chù , cóng Biànyǎmǐn dì , gāo yuán , shān dì , bìng nán dì ér lái , dōu daì Fánjì , píngān zhaì , sù zhaì , hé rǔxiāng , bìng gǎnxiè zhaì , dào Yēhéhuá de diàn qù .

27 Nǐmen ruò bú tīng cóng wǒ , bù yǐ ānxīrì wèi shèng rì , réng zaì ānxīrì dān dànzi , jìnrù Yēlùsǎlĕng de gè mén , wǒ bì zaì gè mén zhōng diǎnhuǒ . zhè huǒ yĕ bì shāo huǐ Yēlùsǎlĕng de gōngdiàn , bùnéng xī miè .

Yēlìmǐshū 17:19-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 17

This chapter is a further prophecy of the destruction of the Jews, with the causes of it, their sins, as their idolatry, which was notorious; of which their own consciences, their altars, and their children, were witnesses, Jer 17:1,2 for which they are threatened with the spoil of their substance and treasure, and discontinuance in their land, Jer 17:3,4 as also their confidence in an arm of flesh, which brought the curse of God upon them, when such are blessed that trust in him; and the difference between those that trust in men and those that trust in the Lord is illustrated by very apt similes, Jer 17:5-8, the source of which vain confidence is the wicked heart of man, known to none but God, Jer 17:9,10 and the vanity of it is exposed by a partridge sitting on eggs without hatching them, Jer 17:11, and their departure from God, by trusting in the creature, and in outward things, is aggravated by their temple being the throne and seat of the divine Majesty; by what God is to his people that trust in him; and by the shame and ruin that follow an apostasy from him, Jer 17:12,13, wherefore the prophet, sensible of his own backslidings, prays to be healed and saved by the Lord, who should have all the praise and glory, Jer 17:14 and then relates the scoffs of the people at the word of God by him, another cause of their ruin; declares his own innocence and integrity; prays for protection and security from fear in a time of trouble; and for confusion, terror, and destruction to his persecutors, Jer 17:15-18, then follows an order to him from the Lord, to go and stand in the gate of the city, and exhort all ranks of men to the observation of the sabbath, with directions how to keep it, which had not been observed by their fathers, and which was another cause of their ruin, Jer 17:19-23, and the chapter is closed with promises of blessings in city, court, and country, in church and state, should they religiously observe the sabbath day; but if they profaned it, the city of Jerusalem, and its palaces, should be burnt with fire, Jer 17:24-27.