Yēlìmǐshū 43:4-7

4 Yúshì jiā Lìyà de érzi Yuēhānán hé yīqiè jūnzhǎng , bìng zhòng bǎixìng , bù tīng cóng Yēhéhuá de huà zhù zaì Yóudà dì .

5 Jiā Lìyà de érzi Yuēhānán hé yīqiè jūnzhǎng què jiāng suǒ shèngxia de Yóudà rén , jiù shì cóng beì gǎn dào gè guó huí lái zaì Yóudà dì jìjū de nánrén , fùnǚ , háitóng , hé zhòng gōng zhǔ , bìng hùwèi zhǎng ní bù Sǎlā dàn suǒ liú zaì shā pān de sūnzi yà xī gān de érziJīdàlì nàli de zhòngrén , yǔ xiānzhī Yēlìmǐ , yǐjí ní Lìyà de érzi Bālù ,

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7 Dōu daì rù Āijí dì , dào le dá bǐ nì . zhè shì yīn tāmen bù tīng cóng Yēhéhuá de huà .

Yēlìmǐshū 43:4-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 43

This chapter contains the answer of the princes and people to the prophet's message; a relation of their going into Egypt; and a prophecy of the destruction of that land. The persons that gave the answer are described, some by name, and all by their character; and the time of their giving it is mentioned, in which they charge the prophet with a falsehood; impute the whole to an instigation of Baruch, and an ill design of his, and so were disobedient to the command of God, Jer 43:1-4; and went into Egypt, and carried all with them, of every rank, age, and sex, and even Baruch, and the prophet too, and came to Tahpanhes, the seat of the kings of Egypt, Jer 43:5-7; upon this a prophecy is delivered out, concerning the destruction of that country, which is signified by a symbol explained; the person, the instrument of it, is mentioned by name, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; the devastation he should make is expressed by slaying with the sword, and carrying into captivity; by burning the temples of their gods, and breaking their images in pieces, Jer 43:8-13.