Yēlìmǐshū 23:9

9 Lún dào nàxiē xiānzhī , wǒ xīn zaì wǒ lǐmiàn yōushāng , wǒ gútou dōu fā zhàn . yīn Yēhéhuá hé tāde shèng yán , wǒ xiàng zuìjiǔ de rén , xiàng beì jiǔ suǒ shēng de rén .

Yēlìmǐshū 23:9 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 23:9

Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets
The false prophets, as the Targum rightly interprets it. The Vulgate Latin version renders it, "to the prophets"; and makes a stop there; which agrees with the original ^F12; so that it may be considered as the title of what follows; it being directed to them by the prophet, to let them know his concern for them; to expose their sin, and reclaim them; who was so affected with their case, that his "heart" within him was "broken" with grief and sorrow, because of their false doctrines and wicked lives; and because of the mischief they did the people, and the ruin they brought upon them, and themselves also: all my bones shake;
with dread and horror at the iniquities committed and the judgments approaching. The word, as Jarchi says, signifies such a fluttering motion as is made by the wings of a bird hovering over its nest. The same word is used in ( Genesis 1:2 ) ; which Ben Melech refers to here. The prophet shuddered at their dreadful impiety, and at the thoughts of what was coming upon them on that account: I am like a drunken man;
that can neither speak nor stand; that knows not what to say, or which way to go; so confused and astonished was the prophet at what he saw was doing by them, and was likely to befall them: and like a man whom wine hath overcome;
or, "has passed over" ^F13; like waves and billows, so that he is drowned in it, and mastered by it: because of the Lord, and because of the words of his holiness:
because of the dishonour done to his holy name, and holy truths; because of the profanation of both in the mouths of these false prophets; they pretending to come in the name of the Lord, and to speak his words; and because of the dreadful judgments which he, the prophet, was sent to denounce against them from the Lord.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (Myabnl) "ad prophetas", V. L. "quod ad prophetat ipsos", Junius & Tremellius; "ad prophetas quod attinet", Piscator.
F13 So Kimchi and Ben Melech. (wrbe) "pertransivit", Vatablus, Montanus; "super quem transiit vinum", Pagninus, Calvin; "penetravit", Schmidt.

Yēlìmǐshū 23:9 In-Context

7 Yēhéhuá shuō , rìzi jiāng dào , rén bì bú zaì zhǐ zhe nà lǐng Yǐsèliè rén cóng Āijí dì shang lái yǒngshēng de Yēhéhuá qǐshì ,

8 Què yào zhǐ zhe nà lǐng Yǐsèliè jiā de hòuyì cóng bĕi fāng hé gǎn tāmen dào de gè guó zhōng shang lái , yǒngshēng de Yēhéhuá qǐshì . tāmen bì zhù zaì bĕn dì .

9 Lún dào nàxiē xiānzhī , wǒ xīn zaì wǒ lǐmiàn yōushāng , wǒ gútou dōu fā zhàn . yīn Yēhéhuá hé tāde shèng yán , wǒ xiàng zuìjiǔ de rén , xiàng beì jiǔ suǒ shēng de rén .

10 Dì mǎn le xíng yín de rén . yīn wàng zì dǔ zhòu , dì jiù bēiāi . kuàngyĕ de cǎo cháng dōu kū gān le . tāmen suǒ xíng de dào nǎi shì è de . tāmende yǒng lì shǐ dé bú zhēng .

11 Lián xiānzhī daì jìsī dōu shì xièdú de , jiù shì zaì wǒ diàn zhōng wǒ yĕ kànjian tāmende è . zhè shì Yēhéhuá shuō de .