Yēlìmǐshū 18:21

21 Gùcǐ , yuàn nǐ jiāng tāmende érnǚ jiāo yǔ jīhuāng hé dāo jiàn . yuàn tāmende qī wú zǐ , qiĕ zuò guǎfu . yòu yuàn tāmende nánrén beì sǐwáng suǒ miè , tāmende shàonián rén zaì zhèn shang beì dāo jī shā .

Yēlìmǐshū 18:21 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 18:21

Therefore deliver up their children to the famine
To be starved, and perish by it, as they were in the siege of Jerusalem, both by the Chaldeans, and the Romans: and pour out their [blood] by the force of the sword:
or, "upon the hands of the sword" ^F6; by means of it; that is, the blood of the parents of the children; let the one perish by famine, and the other by the sword; which, when thrust into a man, blood gushes out, and runs upon the sword to the handle of it: and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and [be] widows;
let them have neither husbands nor children; which latter might be a comfort to them, when they had lost their husbands; but being stripped of these also, the affliction and distress must be the greater: and let their men be put to death;
or "slain with death" ^F7; with the pestilence, as Kimchi rightly interprets it; see ( Revelation 6:8 ) ; Jarchi understands it of the angel of death; see ( Hebrews 2:14 ) ; [let] their young men [be] slain by the sword in battle;
such being commonly employed in military service, as being the most proper persons for it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 (brx ydy le) "super manus gladii", Montanus, Schmidt.
F7 (twm ygrh wyhy) "occisi morte", Pagninus, Montanus, "i.e. peste" Schmidt; "occisi mortis", Cocceius.

Yēlìmǐshū 18:21 In-Context

19 Yēhéhuá a , qiú nǐ lǐ huì wǒ , qiĕ tīng nàxiē yǔ wǒ zhēngjing zhī rén de huà .

20 Qǐ kĕyǐ è bào shàn ne . tāmen jìng wā kēng yào haì wǒde xìngméng . qiú nǐ jìniàn wǒ zĕnyàng zhàn zaì nǐ miànqián wèi tāmen daì qiú , yào shǐ nǐde fèn nù xiàng tāmen zhuǎn xiāo .

21 Gùcǐ , yuàn nǐ jiāng tāmende érnǚ jiāo yǔ jīhuāng hé dāo jiàn . yuàn tāmende qī wú zǐ , qiĕ zuò guǎfu . yòu yuàn tāmende nánrén beì sǐwáng suǒ miè , tāmende shàonián rén zaì zhèn shang beì dāo jī shā .

22 Nǐ shǐ dí jūn hūrán líndào tāmende shíhou , yuàn rén tīngjian āi shēng cóng tāmende wū neì fāchū . yīn tāmen wā kēng yào zhuōná wǒ , àn shè wǎngluó yào bàn wǒde jiǎo .

23 Yēhéhuá a , tāmen yào shā wǒde nà yīqiè jì móu , nǐ dōu zhīdào . búyào shèmiǎn tāmende zuìniè , yĕ búyào cóng nǐ miànqián túmǒ tāmende zuìè , yào jiào tāmen zaì nǐ miànqián diēdǎo . yuàn nǐ fānù de shíhou fá bàn tāmen .