Yēlìmǐshū 11:11

11 Suǒyǐ Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , wǒ bì shǐ zāihuò líndào tāmen , shì tāmen bùnéng taótuō de . tāmen bì xiàng wǒ āi qiú , wǒ què bù tīng .

Yēlìmǐshū 11:11 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 11:11

Therefore thus saith the Lord, behold, I will bring evil upon
them
The evil of punishment for the evil of their sins, such as famine, the sword, captivity, which latter is the evil more especially designed; and there is no evil of this nature but what is of God; it is of his sending and bringing; see ( Amos 3:6 ) : which they shall not be able to escape;
they should not have wisdom enough to form a scheme, nor power enough to put one in execution when formed, whereby they could extricate themselves out of the difficulties they would be in; doubtless reference is had to their being besieged by the Chaldean army, the evil that should come out of the north, ( Jeremiah 1:14 ) , which should so closely surround them, that none should escape: and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them:
because their prayers were hypocritical, and not attended with faith and true repentance; otherwise, when men cry to God, under a sense of sin, being truly sorry for it, and put their trust in him, he hears them, and delivers them; but these would be concerned only for the evil that was come upon them, and not the evil they had been guilty of; and such sinners, when they pray to him, the Lord hears not. The Targum is,

``and they shall pray before me, and I will not receive their prayers.''

Yēlìmǐshū 11:11 In-Context

9 Yēhéhuá duì wǒ shuō , zaì Yóudà rén hé Yēlùsǎlĕng jūmín zhōng yǒu tóng móu beìpàn de shì .

10 Tāmen zhuǎn qù xiàofǎ tāmende xiān zǔ , bù kĕn tīng wǒde huà , fàn zuì zuò niè , yòu suícóng bié shén , shìfèng tā . Yǐsèliè jiā hé Yóudà jiā bēi le wǒ yǔ tāmen lièzǔ suǒ lì de yuē .

11 Suǒyǐ Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , wǒ bì shǐ zāihuò líndào tāmen , shì tāmen bùnéng taótuō de . tāmen bì xiàng wǒ āi qiú , wǒ què bù tīng .

12 Nàshí , Yóudà chéngyì de rén hé Yēlùsǎlĕng de jūmín yào qù āi qiú tāmen shāoxiāng suǒ gōng fèng de shén . zhǐshì zāo nán de shíhou , zhèxie shén haó bù zhĕngjiù tāmen .

13 Yóudà a , nǐ shén de shùmù yǔ nǐ chéng de shùmù xiāng dĕng . nǐ wèi nà kĕchǐ de bā lì suǒ zhú shāoxiāng de tán yĕ yǔ Yēlùsǎlĕng jiēdào de shùmù xiāng dĕng .