Yēlìmǐshū 37:12-21

12 Yēlìmǐ jiù zá zaì mín zhōng chū lí Yēlùsǎlĕng , yào wǎng Biànyǎmǐn dì qù , zaì nàli dé zìjǐ de dì yè .

13 Tā dào le Biànyǎmǐn mén nàli , yǒu shǒu mén guān míng jiào yī lì yǎ , shì Hānání yà de sūnzi , Shìlìmǐyǎ de érzi , tā jiù ná zhù xiānzhī Yēlìmǐ , shuō , nǐ shì tóu jiàng Jiālèdǐ rén nǎ .

14 Yēlìmǐ shuō , nǐ zhè shì huǎng huà , wǒ bìng bú shì tóu jiàng Jiālèdǐ rén . yī lì yǎ bù tīng tāde huà , jiù ná zhù tā , jiĕ dào shǒulǐng nàli .

15 Shǒulǐng nǎonù Yēlìmǐ , jiù dá le tā , jiāng tā qiú zaì Wénshì Yuēnádān de fángwū zhōng , yīnwei tāmen yǐ zhè fángwū dāng zuò jiān laó .

16 Yēlìmǐ lái dào yù zhōng , jìnrù laó fáng , zaì nàli qiú le duō rì .

17 Xī dǐ jiā wáng dǎfa rén tíchū tā lái , zaì zìjǐ de gōng neì sīxià wèn tā shuō , cóng Yēhéhuá yǒu shénme huà líndào méiyǒu . Yēlìmǐ shuō , yǒu . yòu shuō , nǐ Bìjiāo zaì Bābǐlún wáng shǒu zhōng .

18 Yēlìmǐ yòu duì Xīdǐjiā wáng shuō , wǒ zaì shénme shì shang dé zuì nǐ , huò nǐde chénpú , huò zhè bǎixìng , nǐ jìng jiāng wǒ qiú zaì jiānlǐ ne .

19 Duì nǐmen yùyán Bābǐlún wáng bì bù lái gōngjī nǐmen hé zhè dì de xiānzhī , xiànjīn zaì nǎli ne .

20 Zhǔ wǒde wáng a , qiú nǐ xiànzaì chuí tīng , zhún wǒ zaì nǐ miànqián de kĕnqiú , búyào shǐ wǒ huí dào Wénshì Yuēnádān de fángwū zhōng , miǎndé wǒ sǐ zaì nàli .

21 Yúshì , Xīdǐjiā wáng xià líng , tāmen jiù bǎ Yēlìmǐ jiāo zaì hùwèi bīng de yuàn zhōng , mĕi tiān cóng bǐng pū jiē qǔ yī gè bǐng gĕi tā , zhídào chéng zhōng de bǐng yòng jǐn le . zhèyàng , Yēlìmǐ réng zaì hùwèi bīng de yuàn zhōng .

Yēlìmǐshū 37:12-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 37

This chapter makes mention of the reign of Zedekiah, and what happened in it; of his message to Jeremiah, to pray for the kingdom; of the king of Babylonian's raising the siege of Jerusalem, on hearing the king of Egypt was coming to its relief; of the assurance the prophet gave that the Chaldean army would return again, and destroy the city; of the prophet's attempt to depart the city, his imprisonment, conversation with Zedekiah, and his clemency to him. A short account is given of Zedekiah, and of the disobedience of him and his people to the word of the Lord, Jer 37:1,2; of the message sent by him to the prophet to pray for them, Jer 37:3; the time, when Jeremiah was at liberty, and the siege of Jerusalem was raised, Jer 37:4,5; the prophet's answer to them from the Lord, assuring them the Chaldeans would return and burn the city, Jer 37:6-10; the prophet attempting to go out of the city is stopped, and charged as a deserter to the Chaldeans; is had before the princes, and beat and imprisoned, Jer 37:11-15; but the king sending for him out of prison, and having some private discourse with him, upon the prophet's expostulation and intercession, his confinement was mitigated, and bread allowed him, Jer 37:16-21.