Shēnméngjì 28:50

50 Zhè mín de miànmào xiōngè , bú gù xù nián lǎo de , yĕ bú ēn daì nián shǎo de .

Shēnméngjì 28:50 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:50

A nation of fierce countenance
Or, "strong of face" ^F25; which aptly describes the old Romans, who are always represented as such; and whereas it is said of the Chaldeans, that they were a nation dreadful and terrible, ( Habakkuk 1:7 ) ; the same is said of the fourth beast, or Roman empire, ( Daniel 7:7 ) ; who were a terror to all the world:

which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favour to the
young:
cruel, unmerciful, and uncompassionate, to persons of whatsoever age or sex; which, as it was the character of the Chaldeans, ( 2 Chronicles 36:17 ) ; so of the Romans, who especially showed no mercy to the Jews, as Josephus ^F26, who was an eyewitness, testifies.

``The Romans (says he) showed no mercy to any age, out of hatred to the nation (of the Jews), and in remembrance of the injuries done to Cestius;''

one of their governors, when among them. And in another place he says {a},

``the Romans, remembering what they suffered in the siege, spared none, and showed no mercy.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (Mynp ze) "fortem faciebus", Montanus; "robustam facie", Vatablus.
F26 De Bello Jud. l. 3. c. 7. sect. 1.
F1 Ibid. sect. 34.

Shēnméngjì 28:50 In-Context

48 Suǒyǐ nǐ bì zaì jīè , gàn kĕ , chìlù , quē fá zhī zhōng shìfèng Yēhéhuá suǒ dǎfa lái gōngjī nǐde chóudí . tā bì bǎ tiĕ è jiā zaì nǐde jǐngxiàng shàng , zhídào jiāng nǐ mièjué .

49 Yēhéhuá yào cóng yuǎnfāng , dìjí daì yī guó de mín , rú yīng fēi lái gōngjī nǐ . zhè mín de yányǔ , nǐ bú dǒng de .

50 Zhè mín de miànmào xiōngè , bú gù xù nián lǎo de , yĕ bú ēn daì nián shǎo de .

51 Tāmen bì chī nǐ shēngchù suǒ xià de hé nǐ dì tǔ suǒ chǎn de , zhídào nǐ mièwáng . nǐde wǔgǔ , xīn jiǔ , hé yóu , yǐjí niúdú , yánggāo , dōu bú gĕi nǐ liú xià , zhídào jiāng nǐ mièjué .

52 Tāmen bìjiāng nǐ kùn zaì nǐ gè chéng lǐ , zhídào nǐ suǒ yǐkào , gāo dà jiāngù de chéngqiáng dōu beì gōng tā . tāmen bìjiāng nǐ kùn zaì Yēhéhuá nǐ shén suǒ cì nǐ biàn dì de gè chéng lǐ .