Yēlìmǐshū 15:4

4 Yòu bì shǐ tāmen zaì tiān xià wàn guó zhōng pāo lái pāo qù , dōu yīn Yóudà wáng Xīxījiā de érzi Mǎnáxī zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng suǒ xíng de shì .

Yēlìmǐshū 15:4 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 15:4

And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the
earth
Not only into Babylon, but into other countries; which has had its full accomplishment in this their last captivity by the Romans: or "I will give them for a commotion" ^F26; shaking and trembling; they shall be like Cain, fugitives and vagabonds, and be in fear and trembling everywhere, for what is, or is about to come upon them: or "for horror unto all kingdoms" ^F1; all that see the calamities and judgments that come upon them will be struck with dread and horror, plainly seeing the hand of the Lord in them: because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah;
because of the idolatry and murder committed by him; and which were the more aggravated, by having so good a parent, and so religious an education, and by his high office and dignity as king of Judah; and though these sins were personally forgiven him, yet, being imitated and continued in by the Jews, captivity is threatened them. The Targum is,

``because they turned not (or were not converted) as Manasseh;''

and so in the Talmud ^F2, because Manasseh repented, and they did not; but this sense the words will not bear, because of what goes before, of which these are a reason; and because of what follows after, which are connected with them: for that which he did in Jerusalem;
the innocent blood he shed there, and the idolatrous worship he there set up; even where the temple was, the place of God's worship, and which was the metropolis of the nation, and so set an example, which must influence the whole country.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 (hewzl) "in commotionem", Calvin, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
F1 "In horrorem", Cocceius.
F2 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 102. 2.

Yēlìmǐshū 15:4 In-Context

2 Tāmen wèn nǐ shuō , wǒmen wǎng nǎli qù ne . nǐ biàn gàosu tāmen , Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , déng wèi sǐwáng de , bì zhì sǐwáng . déng wèi dāo shā de , Bìjiāo dāo shā . déng wéi jīhuāng de , bì zāo jīhuāng . déng wèi lǔlǜe de , bì beìlǔ lue .

3 Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒ méngdéng sì yàng haì tāmen , jiù shì dāo jiàn shā lù , gǒu leì sī liè , kōng zhōng de fēiniǎo , hé dì shang de yĕshòu tūn chī huǐmiè .

4 Yòu bì shǐ tāmen zaì tiān xià wàn guó zhōng pāo lái pāo qù , dōu yīn Yóudà wáng Xīxījiā de érzi Mǎnáxī zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng suǒ xíng de shì .

5 Yēlùsǎlĕng a , shuí kĕliàn nǐ ne . shuí wèi nǐ bēi shāng ne . shuí zhuǎn shēn wèn nǐde ān ne .

6 Yēhéhuá shuō , nǐ qìjué le wǒ , zhuǎn shēn tuì hòu . yīncǐ wǒ shēnshǒu gōngjī nǐ , huǐhuaì nǐ . wǒ hòuhuǐ shén bù naì fán .