Yēlìmǐshū 37:9

9 Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , nǐmen búyào zìqī shuō Jiālèdǐ rén bìdéng líkāi wǒmen , yīnwei tāmen bì bù líkāi .

Yēlìmǐshū 37:9 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 37:9

Thus saith the Lord, deceive not yourselves
Or, "your souls"; with a false opinion, a vain persuasion and belief of the departure of the Chaldeans never to return; which they would have confirmed by the Lord; or, "lift not up your souls" ^F2; with vain hopes of the above things: self or soul deception is a dreadful thing; and sad is the disappointment when men are elated with a false and vain hope: saying, the Chaldeans shall surely depart from us;
they had departed from Jerusalem; but they were persuaded they would depart out of the land of Judea, and go into their own land, the land of Babylon, from whence they came, and never return more: for they shall not depart;
out of the land of Judea, into their own land; at least not till they had done the work they were sent about.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (Mkytvpn wavt la) "ne efferatis animas vestras", Tigurine version, Calvin; "ne tollatis (in spem) animas vestras", Schmidt.

Yēlìmǐshū 37:9 In-Context

7 Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén rúcǐ shuō , Yóudà wáng dǎfa nǐmen lái qiú wèn wǒ , nǐmen yào rúcǐ duì tā shuō , nà chūlai bāngzhu nǐmen fǎlǎo de jūnduì bì huí Āijí bĕn guó qù .

8 Jiālèdǐ rén bì zaì lái gōngdǎ zhè chéng , bìng yào gōng qǔ , yòng huǒ fùnshāo .

9 Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , nǐmen búyào zìqī shuō Jiālèdǐ rén bìdéng líkāi wǒmen , yīnwei tāmen bì bù líkāi .

10 Nǐmen jí biàn shā baì le yǔ nǐmen zhēng zhàn de Jiālèdǐ quán jūn , dàn shèngxia shòushāng de rén yĕ bì gèrén cóng zhàngpéng lǐ qǐlai , yòng huǒ fùnshāo zhè chéng .

11 Jiālèdǐ de jūnduì yīn pà fǎlǎo de jūnduì , bá yíng líkāi Yēlùsǎlĕng de shíhou ,