Yēlìmǐshū 37:15

15 Shǒulǐng nǎonù Yēlìmǐ , jiù dá le tā , jiāng tā qiú zaì Wénshì Yuēnádān de fángwū zhōng , yīnwei tāmen yǐ zhè fángwū dāng zuò jiān laó .

Yēlìmǐshū 37:15 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 37:15

Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah
For attempting to depart the city, and go off to the Chaldeans, as Irijah had suggested to them, and to whom they hearkened; and perhaps would not hear what the prophet had to say for himself; and if they did, it had no weight with them: and smote him;
either with their fists, or with rods, or a scourge; perhaps he underwent the punishment of forty stripes save one, according to the law; and they may be said to smite or beat him, because they ordered it to be done: and put him in prison, in the house of Jonathan the scribe;
or secretary of state; such an one as Elishama was in Jehoiakim's time, who had a house or apartment at court as he had, who was now dead or removed, ( Jeremiah 36:12 ) ; for they had made that the prison;
which had not used to be; but by the courtiers, and with the consent of this scribe, secretary, or chancellor, it was made a prison; not for common malefactors, but for state prisoners; and a bad prison it seems it was. Very probably this scribe was a very cruel wicked man, who used those very ill that were his prisoners; and indeed, if he had not been of such a character, he would scarcely have suffered his house to have been made a prison.

Yēlìmǐshū 37:15 In-Context

13 Tā dào le Biànyǎmǐn mén nàli , yǒu shǒu mén guān míng jiào yī lì yǎ , shì Hānání yà de sūnzi , Shìlìmǐyǎ de érzi , tā jiù ná zhù xiānzhī Yēlìmǐ , shuō , nǐ shì tóu jiàng Jiālèdǐ rén nǎ .

14 Yēlìmǐ shuō , nǐ zhè shì huǎng huà , wǒ bìng bú shì tóu jiàng Jiālèdǐ rén . yī lì yǎ bù tīng tāde huà , jiù ná zhù tā , jiĕ dào shǒulǐng nàli .

15 Shǒulǐng nǎonù Yēlìmǐ , jiù dá le tā , jiāng tā qiú zaì Wénshì Yuēnádān de fángwū zhōng , yīnwei tāmen yǐ zhè fángwū dāng zuò jiān laó .

16 Yēlìmǐ lái dào yù zhōng , jìnrù laó fáng , zaì nàli qiú le duō rì .

17 Xī dǐ jiā wáng dǎfa rén tíchū tā lái , zaì zìjǐ de gōng neì sīxià wèn tā shuō , cóng Yēhéhuá yǒu shénme huà líndào méiyǒu . Yēlìmǐ shuō , yǒu . yòu shuō , nǐ Bìjiāo zaì Bābǐlún wáng shǒu zhōng .