Sājiālìyàshū 11:1

1 Lì bā nèn nǎ , kāi kāi nǐde mén , rèn huǒshào miè nǐde xiāng bǎi shù .

Sājiālìyàshū 11:1 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 11:1

Open thy doors, O Lebanon
By which may be meant, either the temple of Jerusalem, which was built of the cedars of Lebanon;

``the gates of which are said ^F23 to open of themselves forty years before the destruction of Jerusalem, when Jochanan ben Zaccai, who lived at the same time, rebuked them, saying, O temple, temple, wherefore dost thou frighten thyself? I know thine end is to be destroyed; for so prophesied Zechariah, the son of Iddo, concerning thee, "open thy doors, O Lebanon".''

So Lebanon, in ( Zechariah 10:10 ) , is interpreted of the sanctuary, both by the Targum and by Jarchi; or else it may be understood of Jerusalem, and of the whole land of Judea, because it was situated by it; it was the border of it on the north side. That the fire may devour thy cedars;
of which the temple was built, and the houses of Jerusalem, which were consumed by fire; unless the fortresses of the land are meant. So the Targum paraphrases it,

``and the fire shall consume your fortresses.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 39. 2.

Sājiālìyàshū 11:1 In-Context

1 Lì bā nèn nǎ , kāi kāi nǐde mén , rèn huǒshào miè nǐde xiāng bǎi shù .

2 Sōng shù a , yīngdāng āi hào , yīnwei xiāng bǎi shù qīng dǎo , jiā mĕi de shù huǐhuaì . Bāshān de xiàngshù a , yīngdāng āi hào , yīnwei mào shèng de shùlín yǐjing dǎo le .

3 Tīng a , yǒu mùrén āi hào de shēngyīn , yīn tāmen rónghuá de cǎo cháng huǐhuaì le . yǒu shǎo zhuàng shīzi paó xiāo de shēngyīn , yīn Yuēdànhé páng de cóng lín huāng feì le .

4 Yēhéhuá wǒde shén rúcǐ shuō , nǐ Sājiālìyà yào mù yǎng zhè jiāng zǎi de qún yáng .

5 Mǎi tāmende zǎi le tāmen , yǐ zìjǐ wèi wú zuì . maì tāmende shuō , Yēhéhuá shì yīngdāng chēngsòng de , yīn wǒ chéngwéi fùzú . mù yǎng tāmende bìng bù liánxù tāmen .