Yēlìmǐāigē 1:5

5 Tāde dírén wèi shǒu . tāde chóudí hēng tōng . yīn Yēhéhuá wèi tā xǔduō de zuì guō shǐ tā shòu kǔ . tāde háitóng beì dírén lǔ qù .

Yēlìmǐāigē 1:5 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 1:5

Her adversaries are the chief
Or, "for the head" ^F14; or are the head, as was threatened, ( Deuteronomy 28:44 ) ; and now fulfilled; the Chaldeans having got the dominion over the Jews, and obliged them to be subject to them: her enemies prosper;
in wealth and riches, in grandeur and glory; live in ease and tranquillity, enjoying all outward felicity and happiness; while Zion was in distress; which was an aggravation of it; and yet this was but righteous judgment: for the Lord hath afflicted her;
who is righteous in all his ways: the Chaldeans were but instruments; the evil was from the Lord, according to his will and righteous determination, as appears by what follows: for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into
captivity before the enemy;
that is, the inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judea were carried captive by the enemy, and drove before them as a flock of sheep, and that for the sins of the nation; and these not a few, but were very numerous, as Mordecai and Ezekiel, and others, who were carried captive young with Jeconiah, as well as many now.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (varl) "in caput", Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "facti sunt caput", Cocceius.

Yēlìmǐāigē 1:5 In-Context

3 Yóudà yīn zāoyù kǔnàn , yòu yīn duō fù laókǔ jiù qiā dào waì bāng . tā zhù zaì liè guó zhōng , xún bù zhe ānxī . zhuībī tāde dōu zaì xiá zhǎi zhī dì jiāng tā zhuī shang .

4 Xī \'ān de lù jìng yīn wú rén lái shǒu shèng jié jiù bēi shāng . tāde chéng mén qī liáng . tāde jìsī tànxī . tāde chǔnǚ shòu jiān nán , zìjǐ yĕ chóukǔ .

5 Tāde dírén wèi shǒu . tāde chóudí hēng tōng . yīn Yēhéhuá wèi tā xǔduō de zuì guō shǐ tā shòu kǔ . tāde háitóng beì dírén lǔ qù .

6 Xī \'ān chéng ( chéng yuánwén zuò nǚzi xià tóng ) de wēi róng quándōu shīqù . tāde shǒulǐng xiàng zhǎo bù zhe cǎo cháng de lù . zaì zhuīgǎn de rén qián wúlì xíng zǒu .

7 Yēlùsǎlĕng zaì kùnkǔ jiǒng pò zhī shí , jiù zhuī xiǎng gǔ shí yīqiè de lè jìng . tā bǎixìng luō zaì dírén shǒu zhōng , wú rén jiù jǐ . dírén kànjian , jiù yīn tāde huāngliáng chīxiào .