Yēlìmǐshū 38:2

2 Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , zhù zaì zhè chéng lǐ de bì zāo dāo jiàn , jīhuāng , wēnyì ér sǐ . dàn chū qù guī jiàng Jiālèdǐ rén de bì dé cún huó , jiù shì yǐ zìjǐ méng wèi lue wù de , bì dé cún huó .

Yēlìmǐshū 38:2 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 38:2

Thus saith the Lord, he that remaineth in this city
Of Jerusalem; that does not go out of it, and surrender himself to the Chaldeans; but continues in it fighting against them: shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;
that is, by one or other of these: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live:
that goes out of the city, throws down his arms, delivers up himself to the Chaldean army, and submits to their mercy, shall have quarters given him, and his life shall be spared: for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live;
or, "his soul, and it shall live" ^F14; comfortably and in safety; he shall escape with his life, and that shall be preserved from the sword, famine, and pestilence; and whereas it was, as it were, lost, it shall be recovered out of the jaws of death, out of the above calamities it was exposed to; and so be like a prey taken out of the hands of the mighty, and be quite safe.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (yxw llvl wvpn wl htyhw) "et erit illi anima ejus in praedam et vivet", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Schmidt.

Yēlìmǐshū 38:2 In-Context

1 Mǎ tǎn de érzi Shìfǎtíyǎ , Bāshīhùĕrde érziJīdàlì , Shìlìmǐyǎ de érzi yóu jiǎ , Mǎjīyǎ de érzi bā shì Hùĕr tīngjian Yēlìmǐ duì zhòngrén suǒ shuō de huà , shuō ,

2 Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , zhù zaì zhè chéng lǐ de bì zāo dāo jiàn , jīhuāng , wēnyì ér sǐ . dàn chū qù guī jiàng Jiālèdǐ rén de bì dé cún huó , jiù shì yǐ zìjǐ méng wèi lue wù de , bì dé cún huó .

3 Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , zhè chéng bìyào jiāo zaì Bābǐlún wáng jūnduì de shǒu zhōng , tā bì gōng qǔ zhè chéng .

4 Yúshì shǒulǐng duì wáng shuō , qiú nǐ jiāng zhè rén zhìsǐ . yīn tā xiàng chéng lǐ shèngxia de bīng dīng hé zhòng mín shuō zhèyàng de huà , shǐ tāmende shǒu fā ruǎn . zhè rén bú shì qiú zhè bǎixìng dé píngān , nǎi shì jiào tāmen shòu zāihuò .

5 Xī dǐ jiā wáng shuō , tā zaì nǐmen shǒu zhōng , wúlùn hé shì , wáng yĕ bùnéng yǔ nǐmen fǎnduì .