Shēnméngjì 28:13

13 Nǐ ruò tīng cóng Yēhéhuá nǐ shén de jièmìng , jiù shì wǒ jīnrì suǒ fēnfu nǐde , jǐn shǒu zūnxíng , bú piān zuǒyòu , yĕ bú suícóng shìfèng bié shén , Yēhéhuá jiù bì shǐ nǐ zuò shǒu bú zuò wĕi , dàn jū shàng bú jū xià .

Shēnméngjì 28:13 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:13

And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail
Give them dominion over others, and not make them subject to them; the head signifies rulers and governors, and the tail the common people that are subjects; or the one such that are honourable and in high esteem, and the other such that are mean and base; see ( Isaiah 9:14 Isaiah 9:15 ) ; the Targum of Jonathan is,

``the Word of the Lord shall make thee''

and thou shalt be above only, and thou shall not be beneath;
which explains what is meant by head and tail, being uppermost and lowermost, as the head is the upper part, and the tail the lower part of a creature; the one is more honourable, the other vile: the sense is, that they should be superior to other people in honour and dignity, and not below them, or vassals to them: if that thou hearken to the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I
command thee this day to observe and to do [them];
which is the condition on which all this happiness depended.

Shēnméngjì 28:13 In-Context

11 Nǐ zaì Yēhéhuá xiàng nǐ lièzǔ qǐshì yīngxǔ cì nǐde dì shàng , tā bì shǐ nǐ shēn suǒ shēng de , shēngchù suǒ xià de , dì suǒ chǎn de , dōu chuò chuò yǒuyú .

12 Yēhéhuá bì wéi nǐ kāi tiān shàng de fǔ kù , ànshí jiàng yǔ zaì nǐde dì shàng . zaì nǐ shǒu lǐ suǒ bàn de yīqiè shì shàng cì fú yǔ nǐ . nǐ bì jiè gĕi xǔduō guó mín , què bú zhì xiàng tāmen jiè daì .

13 Nǐ ruò tīng cóng Yēhéhuá nǐ shén de jièmìng , jiù shì wǒ jīnrì suǒ fēnfu nǐde , jǐn shǒu zūnxíng , bú piān zuǒyòu , yĕ bú suícóng shìfèng bié shén , Yēhéhuá jiù bì shǐ nǐ zuò shǒu bú zuò wĕi , dàn jū shàng bú jū xià .

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15 Nǐ ruò bú tīng cóng Yēhéhuá nǐ shén de huà , bú jǐn shǒu zūnxíng tāde yīqiè jièmìng lǜ lì , jiù shì wǒ jīnrì suǒ fēnfu nǐde , zhè yǐxià de zhòuzǔ dōu bì zhuīsuí nǐ , líndào nǐ shēnshang ,