Yēlìmǐāigē 2:8

8 Yēhéhuá déng yì chāihuǐ Xī \'ān de chéngqiáng . Tālā le zhún shéng , bù jiang shǒu shōu huí , déng yào huǐmiè . tā shǐ waì guō hé chéngqiáng dōu bēiāi , yītóng shuāi baì .

Yēlìmǐāigē 2:8 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 2:8

The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of
Zion
Either the wall of the city, as Aben Ezra; or the wall that encompassed the temple, and all the outward courts of it, as Dr. Lightfoot ^F19 thinks; this the Lord had determined to destroy, and according to his purposes did destroy it, or suffer it to be demolished; and so all were laid open for the enemy to enter: he hath stretched out a line;
a line of destruction, to mark out how far the destruction should go, and bow much should be laid in ruins; all being as exactly done, according to the purpose and counsel of God, as if it was done by line and rule; see ( Isaiah 34:11 ) ; he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying;
till he made a full end of the city and temple, as he first designed: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament:
the "chel" and the wall; all that space between the courts of the temple and the wall that surrounded it was called the "chel"; and so the Targum, the circumference or enclosure; and these were laid waste together, and so said to lament: according to others they were two walls, a wall the son of a wall, as Jarchi interprets it; an outward and an inward wall, one higher than another; a low wall over against a high wall; which was as a rampart or bulwark, for the strength and support of it: they languished together;
or fell together, as persons in a fit faint away and full to the ground.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 Prospect of the Temple, c. 17. p. 1089.

Yēlìmǐāigē 2:8 In-Context

6 Tā jiàngqǔ zìjǐ de zhàngmù , hǎoxiàng shì yuán zhōng de wō péng , huǐhuaì tāde jùhuì zhī chù . Yēhéhuá shǐ shèng jié hé ānxīrì zaì Xī \'ān dōu beì wàngjì , yòu zaì nùqì de fènhèn zhōng miǎoshì jūnwáng hé jìsī .

7 Yēhéhuá diūqì zìjǐ de jìtán , zēngwù zìjǐ de shèng suǒ , jiāng gōngdiàn de qiáng yuán jiāofù chóudí . tāmen zaì Yēhéhuá de diàn zhōng xuān nāng , xiàng zaì shèng huì zhī rì yíyàng .

8 Yēhéhuá déng yì chāihuǐ Xī \'ān de chéngqiáng . Tālā le zhún shéng , bù jiang shǒu shōu huí , déng yào huǐmiè . tā shǐ waì guō hé chéngqiáng dōu bēiāi , yītóng shuāi baì .

9 Xī \'ān de mén dōu xiàn rù dì neì . zhǔ jiāng tāde mén shuān huǐhuaì , zhé duàn . tāde jūnwáng hé shǒulǐng luō zaì méiyǒu lǜfǎ de liè guó zhōng . tāde xiānzhī bùdé jiàn Yēhéhuá de yìxiàng .

10 Xī \'ān chéng de zhǎnglǎo zuò zaì dì shang mò mò wú shēng . tāmen yáng qǐ chéntǔ luō zaì tóu shang , yào shù má bù . Yēlùsǎlĕng de chǔnǚ chuí tóu zhì dì .