Yēlìmǐshū 14:13-18

13 Wǒ jiù shuō , āi . zhǔ Yēhéhuá a , nàxiē xiānzhī cháng duì tāmen shuō , nǐmen bì bú kànjian dāo jiàn , yĕ bú zāoyù jīhuāng . Yēhéhuá yào zaì zhè dìfang cì nǐmen chángjiǔ de píngān .

14 Yēhéhuá duì wǒ shuō , nàxiē xiānzhī tuō wǒde míng shuō jiǎ yùyán , wǒ bìng méiyǒu dǎfa tāmen , méiyǒu fēnfu tāmen , yĕ méiyǒu duì tāmen shuōhuà . tāmen xiàng nǐmen yùyán de , nǎi shì xūjiǎ de yìxiàng hé zhān bo , bìng xū wú de shì , yǐjí bĕn xīn de guǐzhà .

15 Suǒyǐ Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , lún dào tuō wǒ míng shuō yùyán de nàxiē xiānzhī , wǒ bìng méiyǒu dǎfa tāmen . tāmen hái shuō zhè dì bùnéng yǒu dāo jiàn jīhuāng , qíshí nàxiē xiānzhī bì beì dāo jiàn jīhuāng mièjué .

16 Tīng tāmen shuō yùyán de bǎixìng bì yīn jīhuāng dāo jiàn pāo zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng de jiēdào shang , wú rén zàng mán . tāmen lián qīzi daì érnǚ , dōu shì rúcǐ . wǒ bìjiāng tāmende è dǎo zaì tāmen shēnshang ( huò zuò wǒ bì shǐ tāmen zuìè de bàoyìng líndào tāmen shēnshang ) .

17 Nǐ yào jiāng zhè huà duì tāmen shuō , yuàn wǒ yǎnleì wāng wāng , zhòuyè bú xī , yīnwei wǒ bǎixìng ( yuánwén zuò mín de chǔnǚ ) shòu le liĕ kǒu pò huaì de dà shāng .

18 Wǒ ruò chū wǎng tiánjiān , jiù jiàn yǒu beì dāo shā de . wǒ ruò jìnrù chéng neì , jiù jiàn yǒu yīn jīhuāng huànbìng de . lián xiānzhī daì jìsī zaì guó zhōng wǎng lái , yĕ shì haó wúzhī zhì ( huò zuò bù zhī zĕnyàng cái hǎo ) .

Yēlìmǐshū 14:13-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 14

This chapter contains prophecy of a drought, which produced a famine, Jer 14:1, and is described by the dismal effects of it; and general distress in the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem, Jer 14:2, even the nobles were affected with it, whose servants returned without water ashamed, when sent for it, Jer 14:3, the ploughmen could not use their plough, their ground was so hard, Jer 14:4 and the very beasts of the field suffered much, because there was no grass, Jer 14:5,6, upon this follows a prayer of the prophet to the Lord, that he would give rain for his name's sake; he confesses the sins of the people, that they were many, and against the Lord; and testified against them, that they deserved to be used as they were; and he addresses the Lord as the hope and Saviour of his people in time past, when it was a time of trouble with them; and expostulates with him, why he should be as a stranger and traveller, and like a mighty man astonished, that either had no regard to their land any more than a foreigner and a traveller; or no heart to help them, or exert his power, than a man at his wits' end, though he was among them, and they were called by his name; and therefore he begs he would not leave them, Jer 14:7-9, but he is told that it was for the sins of the people that all this was, which the Lord was determined to remember and visit; and therefore he is bid not to pray for them; if he did, it would not be regarded, nor the people's fasting and prayers also; for they should be consumed by the sword, famine, and pestilence, Jer 14:10-12, and though the prophet pleads, in excuse of the people, that the false prophets had deceived them; yet not only the vanity and falsehood of their prophecies are exposed, and they are threatened with destruction, but the people also, for hearkening unto them, Jer 14:13-16, wherefore the prophet, instead of putting up a prayer for them, has a lamentation dictated to him by the Lord, which he is ordered to express, Jer 14:17,18, and yet, notwithstanding this, he goes on to pray for them in a very pathetic manner; he expostulates with God, and pleads for help and healing; confesses the iniquities of the people; entreats the Lord, for the sake of his name, glory, and covenant, that he would not reject them and his petition; and observes, that the thing asked for (rain) was what none of the gods of the Heathens could give, or even the heavens themselves, only the Lord; and therefore determines to wait upon him for it, who made the heavens, the earth, and rain, Jer 14:19-22.