Yēlìmǐāigē 4:17

17 Wǒmen yǎngwàng rén lái bāngzhu , yǐzhì yǎnmù shī míng , háishì wǎngrán . wǒmen suǒ pànwàng de , jìng pànwàng yī gè bùnéng jiù rén de guó .

Yēlìmǐāigē 4:17 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 4:17

As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help
Or, "while we were yet" ^F8; a nation, a people, a body politic, in our own land, before the city of Jerusalem was taken, we were looking for help, as was promised us; but it proved a vain help, none was given us; for which we kept looking to the last, till our eyes failed, and we could look no longer; no help appeared, nor was there any prospect or probability of it, and therefore gave all up: in our watching we watched for a nation [that] could not save [us];
not the Romans, as the Targum, but the Egyptians; these promised them help and relief, and therefore in their watching they watched, or vehemently watched, and wistfully looked out for it, but all in vain; for though these made an attempt to help them, they durst not proceed; were obliged to retire, not being a match for the Chaldean army, and so could not save them, or break up the siege, and relieve them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 (hnydwe) "quum adhuc essemus", Munster: Piscator.

Yēlìmǐāigē 4:17 In-Context

15 Rén xiàng tāmen hǎn zhe shuō , bù jiéjìng de , duǒ kāi , duǒ kāi . búyào āijìn wǒ . tāmen taó zǒu piāoliú de shíhou , liè guó zhōng yǒu rén shuō , tāmen bùkĕ réng zaì zhèlǐ jìjū .

16 Yēhéhuá fānù , jiāng tāmen fēnsàn , bú zaì juàngù tāmen . rén bù zhòng kàn jìsī , yĕ bù hòu dāi zhǎnglǎo .

17 Wǒmen yǎngwàng rén lái bāngzhu , yǐzhì yǎnmù shī míng , háishì wǎngrán . wǒmen suǒ pànwàng de , jìng pànwàng yī gè bùnéng jiù rén de guó .

18 Chóudí zhuīgǎn wǒmen de jiǎobù xiàng dá liè de , yǐzhì wǒmen bú gǎn zaì zìjǐ de jiē shang xíng zǒu . wǒmen de jiéjú línjìn . wǒmen de rìzi mǎnzū . wǒmen de jiéjú lái dào le .

19 Zhuīgǎn wǒmen de bǐ kōng zhōng de yīng gèng kuaì . tāmen zaì shān shang zhuībī wǒmen , zaì kuàngyĕ máifu , dĕnghòu wǒmen .